"It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life."

“There are a lot of good things that we can do. Maybe my example can help someone.”

“You may not believe in magic but something very strange is happening at this very moment. Your head has dissolved into thin air and I can see the rhododendrons through your stomach. It's not that you are dead or anything dramatic like that, it is simply that you are fading away and I can't even remember your name.”

“The acting life is different than I thought it would be. I love it - it's actually a lot less pressure than I thought it would be.”

“I have a really strong suspicion of the romantic nature of portraiture, the idea that you're telling some essential truth about the interior lives of your subject.”

“For you know that I myself am a labyrinth, where one easily gets lost.”

“Literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.”

Source : Anthony Powell (2010). “The Valley of Bones: Book 7 of A Dance to the Music of Time”, p.221, University of Chicago Press

“It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence.”

“Money is plentiful for those who understand the simple laws which govern its acquisition.”

Source : George S. Clason (2013). “The Richest Man In Babylon”, p.105, Lulu.com