"To have seen Italy without having seen..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“The threshold is the place of expectation.”

“Conscience is the virtue of the observers not the agents of action”

“Every situation--nay, every moment--is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.”

“I like to speak on matters which matter to human beings, and almost everything matters to human beings.”

“In all your life, you will never find a method more effective in getting through to another person than to make that person feel important.”

“I think the first and most important thing is that you've got to have a goal and a vision.”

“Where would you like to go, what would you really like to do with your life? See Istanbul, Port Said, Nairobi, Budapest. Write a book. Smoke too many cigarettes. Fall off a cliff but get caught in a tree halfway down. Get shot at a few times in a dark alley on a Morrocan midnight. Love a beautiful woman.”

“Paris is always a good idea.”

“This is what you do on your very first day in Paris. You get yourself, not a drizzle, but some honest-to-goodness rain, and you find yourself someone really nice and drive her through the Bois de Boulogne in a taxi. The rain's very important. That's when Paris smells its sweetest. It's the damp chestnut trees.”