After all, bluff and real emotion exist so easily side by side.

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.

Do whatever makes your spirit glow out loud.

I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos.

What did you learn today? What mistake did you make that taught you something? What did you try hard at today?

Don't shoot me, I'm just the piano player!

What begins with comedy ends with comedy... in my short view of the matter.

When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.

I'm guided by my enthusiasm.

As long as I'm alive, you'll never see the last of Lightning!

All disruptive innovators make it easier and more affordable for people to do what matters to them, and follow a strategy that doesn't at first glance make sense to the market leader.

I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a woman again - as I always am when I write.