All thoughts that mold the age begin deep down within the primitive soul.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Great faith, great hope and great courage.

Be slow in choosing a friend slower in changing.

Just be you...'cause that's good enough for me!

For every dark night, there is a brighter day.

Killing is an excellent way of dealing with a hostility problem.

The church's final word is not 'church' but the glory of the Father and the Son in the Spirit of liberty

If you're someone from the government and you meet people from other countries, you want to know who you're dealing with. It's the same for them [in Valerian].

Theater is an engagement between the actor and the audience. Film is a different sort of medium. It's not immediate, but in some ways it's more involving.

People don't really absorb everything they read or hear. They just look at it quickly, and then they choose to remember what they want to remember.

Father said conflict develops the character