Bashfulness is an ornament to youth but a reproach to old age.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

Never seek illicit wealth.

Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people.

Getting and spending we lay waste our powers.

You just don't wake up one day and decide that you need to write songs.

It's the worst when you're kissing someone who's not a good kisser and you're trying to make it look good, but you feel like you're just working on your own.

Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time.

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