All great reforms require one to dare a lot to win a little.
I think I look good out there. I'm strong, powerful, and artistic. But I have my doubts as much as anyone.
Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.
There is no data on the future.
The secret to success in any human endeavor is total concentration.
Autobiography is a preemptive strike against biographers.
In youth we learn; in age we understand.
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that History has to teach.
"The good old days." The only good days are ahead.
The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.
A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
Work in some form or other is the appointed lot of all.
The full-grown modern human being ... is conscious of touching the highest pinnacle of fulfillment... when he is consumed in the service of an idea, in the conquest of the goal pursued.
A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.
I always thought I should be treated like a star.
If I advance, follow me! If I retreat, cut me down! If I die, avenge me!
A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.
Deep down I'm really shallow.
When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.
What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.