Δύο υπερβολές : ν' αποκλείουμε το Λόγο, και να μη δεχόμαστε παρά μόνο το Λόγο.

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.

The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.

If we do not know ourselves to be full of pride, ambition, lust, weakness, misery, and injustice, we are indeed blind. And if, knowing this, we do not desire deliverance, what can we say of a man...?

Dull minds are never either intuitive or mathematical.

We must keep our thought secret, and judge everything by it, while talking like the people.

Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity.

To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher.

There are three sources of belief: reason, custom, inspiration.

No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin none of the philosophical sects has admitted it none therefore has spoken the truth

Quit questioning God and start trusting Him!

You do not own the molecules. They are stardust. They belong to God. What you do own is your soul. Nobody can take that away from you.

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.

He that riseth first, is first drest.

The past is the one thing we are not prisoners of. We can do with the past exactly what we wish. What we can't do is to change its consequences.

Recovery challenges the established order and as such, is a 'great idea' along with the ideas of evolution or a 'round earth'; turning all our thinking upside down.

It's no good being the best actor in the world if nobody sees you because you didn't happen to be there at the right day when a part was being cast.

Every woman has a story.

When I was a kid, I always wanted to go to Europe, to go to Africa, to go traveling.

It's one of the most progressive cities in the world. Shooting is only a sideline.