Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

The Scripture is never subjected to one's own interpretations.

It's sad to see the world live in ignorance full of pain only enjoyed luxuriously by the few stupid greedy ones.

...the people at large absolutely gave James Brown respect. He was an original like a Rembrandt or a Picasso

Education has been given us from above for the purpose of bringing to the benighted the knowledge of the Saviour.

I have gotten some of the most beautiful experiences that a person can possibly ask for so I'm not at all complaining.

When a capitalist looks at the river, all they can think about is, "How can I pollute this river and destroy it and make money from it?"

Good intentions are useless until they are expressed in appropriate action!

[On the racial backlash about Hunger Games casting]: "People should have ignored the five racist idiots.

This is how you play tennis without the net

Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.