Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom, in the pursuit of truth as in the endeavour after a worthy manner of life.
The best way to make people happy is to make them laugh.
The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.
Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.
The most dangerous threat to democracy is the erosion of trust in institutions.