There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth.

The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.