A widow, the mother of a family, and from her heart she produces chords to which my whole being responds.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man ... just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man.

Learning to love is hard and we pay dearly for it. It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship, for it is not just for a moment that we must learn to love, but forever.

People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.

It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.

I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.

Don’t be overwise; fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don’t be afraid - the flood will bear you to the bank and set you safe on your feet again.

The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying.

For out of the perverse will came lust, and the service of lust ended in habit, and habit, not resisted, became necessity.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

Pure logical thinking cannot yield us any knowledge of the empirical world. All knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it.

I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation

When I look up to the sky between the narrow roofs, it reminds me of you, the one who is far, far away.

I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. ...both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with.

I think the first movie I ever saw was a 'Star Wars' triple bill, when 'Return of the Jedi' was released.

By and large books are mankind's best invention.

Every generation tries to put its doctrine on a high shelf where the children can not reach it.