All writers of confessions from Augustine on down, have always remained a little in love with their sins.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan, but also believe!

Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

No one is as murderously 'Islamophobic' as Islamists are.

Beauty fades and the body becomes old, but nothing can dull the shine of a woman with a good heart.

Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.

Thin lips trace bold lines across my skin with a single, lingering kiss.

If you would understand your own age read the works of fiction produced in it. People in disguise speak freely.

I hate to say it, but because of humanity's capitalistic nature, money is important.

It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped guessing.

So what if you're not perfect? nobody else is either.

I'm less of a straight-up, traditional vocalist.

I like to write when I feel I'm the real me.