Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!
The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.
Psychosclerosis: the hardening of the attitude which causes a person to cease dreaming, seeing, thinking, and leading.
The measure of man's humanity is the extent and intensity of his love for mankind.
Children are the most learning-hungry beings in the world.
The majority of people believe in incredible things which are absolutely false. The majority of people daily act in a manner prejudicial to their general well-being.
. . . the main principle by which human beings must guide the future course of their development is love.
Karch inspired his partners, his opponents and the world of volleyball players to be better than they were, to be great. . . In the end, who could do more for a sport than that?
I believe in storytelling, not story-selling. I want people to believe the characters are real. So I'm a realist.
Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it. Nature, that great tragic dramatist, knits us together by bone and muscle, and divides us by the subtler web of our brains; blends yearning and repulsion; and ties us by our heart-strings to the beings that jar us at every movement.
I think if you're artistic in any way, you're probably born with it. I guess it's a talent that can be learned here and there, but I think the instinct to tell a story or to create something happens maybe in the womb.