We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why.
O, she will sing the savageness out of a bear.
If money go before, all ways do lie open.
You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.
You have the power of the pen over your enemies.
We seldom realize, for example, that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.
We are not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other company.
We are beginning to see the influence of dream upon reality and reality upon dream.
There is a certain kind of meekness – of submission – brings out the worst in a man – whereas that same man, faced by spirit and determination, might be a different creature!
There are people who would never have fallen in love but for hearing love discussed.[Il y a des gens qui n’auraient jamais été amoureux s’ils n’avaient jamais entendu parler de l’amour.]
The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that’s true of everyone, don’t you?
The state of mind of a community is always directly due to the influence of the man at the top.
