One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind and has given up worrying once and for all.

Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal or in other words a meddling government a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear.

Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.

I've had extraordinary good luck with my health other than a broken elbow.

I had three points I wanted to make: That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who's not doing a good job. But I didn't make up my mind exactly what I was going to say until I said it.

It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.

You grow up a bit damaged or broken then you have some success but you don't know how to feel good about the work you're doing or the life you're leading.