Like any lover$$$ he desired to please; suffered agonies at the thought of failure.

Travelers prove their lack of education if they make fun of the customs and values of their hosts$$$ and the qualities that do a person honour are many and varied.

Speech is civilization itself. The word$$$ even the most contradictory word$$$ preserves contact; it is silence which isolates.

We do not fear being called meticulous$$$ inclining as we do to the view that only the exhaustive can be truly interesting.

Thought that can merge wholly into feeling$$$ feeling that can merge wholly into thought - these are the artist's highest joy.

He thought what a fine thing it was that people made music all over the world$$$ even in the strangest settings: probably even on polar expeditions.

There is no passion to be found playing small -- in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

I go out there. I'm out there every day. [Pause] There is nothing out there.

I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.

It's only words... unless they're true.