“Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.”

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.

It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.

Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

As to the kind of truth one finds in books, it is a truth that enables us sometimes to discern what things are not, without ever enabling us to discover what they are.

Armenia is dying, but it will survive. The little blood that is left is precious blood that will give birth to a heroic generation. A nation that does not want to die, does not die.

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

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

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

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

It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.

All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy

It’s different, but it’s very pretty out here. I suppose they are going to make a big deal of all this.

You can’t make a good deal with a bad person.

There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

Always think, ‘what’s the worst that can happen’ and have some kind of strategy to deal with it.

I don’t know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.