“Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.”

We forget very easily what gives us pain.

He was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.

The next best thing to talking to her is talking about her.

For an artist to think in terms of success is like a priest trying to think in terms of success.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt.

I can’t talk you in terms of time –your time and my time are different

I had to touch you with my hands, I had to taste you with my tongue; one can’t love and do nothing.

We never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us.

To be in love is to see yourself as someone else sees you, it is to be in love with the falsified and exalted image of yourself. In love we are incapable of honor – the courageous act is no more than playing a part to an audience of two.

I aim to be content with what I produce. It’s an aim I never achieve, but I go over my work word by word, time and again, so as to be as little dissatisfied as possible.

Innocence is a kind of insanity.

Most things disappoint till you look deeper.

Human nature is not black and white but black and grey.

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations.

One has no talent. I have no talent. It’s just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.

Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.

When you cannot change a situation, you must change your perception of the person harming you in that situation, to stay in your power.

Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.

The only people who can have any harm coming to them are those who oppress.

Proud yourself when you find the courage to let go of that harmful person that you carry for so long.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.

Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

God is subtle but he is not malicious.