The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by the character he depicts. Nazimova, Alla
The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one’s preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizzare which seems inherent in them. Cocteau, Jean
The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books. Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell
The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen. Lacordaire, Jean Baptiste
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. Faulkner, William
The American experience stirred mankind from discovery to exploration. From the cautious quest for what they knew (or thought they knew) was out there, into an enthusiastic reaching to the unknown. These are two substantially different kinds of human enterprise. Boorstin, Daniel
The amount of success is in inverse proportion to the effort in attaining success. Paturi, Felix R.
The appearance and disappearance of the Universe are pictured as an outbreathing and inbreathing of “the Great Breath,” which is eternal, and which, being Motion, is one of the three aspects of the Absolute – Abstract Space and Duration being the other two. Blavatsky, H. P.
The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds. Nehru, Jawaharial
The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing. Richardson, Sir Ralph
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. James, William
The art of life is the art of avoiding pain. Jefferson, Thomas
