"Nothing is rarer than true good nature; they who are reputed to have it are generally only pliant or weak."

“To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.”

Source : In L. C. Collins Life of John Churton Collins (1912) p. 316

“We have to fight off the demons that have been hanging around suicide for centuries.”

“When an artist explains what he is doing, he usually has to do one of two things: either scrap what he has explained, or make his work fit in with the explanation.”

Source : Alexander Calder, A. S. C. Rower, Ugo Mulas, Pier Giovanni Castagnoli, Palazzo delle esposizioni (Rome, Italy) (2009). “Calder: Sculptor of Air”, 24 Ore Cultura

“When the storm has passed, put your energy into rebuilding your life, don't waste time looking back.”

“It is not enough to be happy, one must be content.”

“You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions.”

“The one and only formative power given to man Is thought. By his thinking he not only makes character, but body and affairs, for as he thinketh within himself, so is he. Prejudice is a mist, which in our journey through the world often dims the brightest and obscures the best of all the good and glorious objects that meet us on our way.”

“I mean, at first, it was kind of disappointing. But people recover from disappointment. Otherwise we'd all be hanging from nooses. Right?”