Just as language has no longer anything in common with the thing it names, so the movements of most of the people who live in cities have lost their connection with the earth; they hang, as it were, in the air, hover in all directions, and find no place where they can settle.

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

Karl Von Clausewitz

Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.

Wayne Dyer

The most aggressive artists often hide their romantic side.

Don Johnson

I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are!

Charles Dickens

I've always been suspicious of collective truths.

Eugene Ionesco

We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.

Aretha Franklin

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

Plato

I've never intended to be controversial, but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is.

Steven Patrick Morrissey

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

Jane Badler

We sit for a few more moments, although there's really nothing left to say. This is new to me, too, an entire conversation that takes place in silence, because the heart has its own language. I will remember what Eric says even though he doesn't say a word. I will tell it to her.

Jodi Picoult