The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.

Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread.

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly.

What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains.

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked him to forgive me.

Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.