The true measure of our belief in the validity of our values is our willingness to act upon them.
Common sense is very uncommon.
The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages.
The way we do things is to begin.
If you have no family or friends to aid you. . . turn your face to the Great West and there build up your home and fortune.
Ease up, the play is over.
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European.
In secret we met - In silence I grieve, That thy heart could forget, Thy spirit deceive. If I should meet thee After long years, How should I greet thee? - With silence and tears
The failure is the man who stays down when he falls.
To stand by the beds at sunrise and see the flowers awake is a heavenly delight.