Amongst all other vices there is none I hate more than cruelty, both by nature and judgment, as the extremest of all vices.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

I find it very sad that by the time corporate science realizes the value of nature, that it may be too late

Once, my enemies were those I could seeNow the devil lies deep within meBut angels still nudge me, whispering follies of sinThis war is mine, and mine alone, to win.

the truth is that it's far easier to make a bomb than to educate four hundred million people.

When you are afraid of someone, they can gain power over you, meaning they can drop your energy level.

I really don't think I could consent to go to Heaven if I thought there were no animals there.

My goal is to win the belt, whoever it's on. I'm not gonna settle for anything less.

But while the American Constitution was the child of war, ours grew out of discussion, bargaining and negotiation.

A quart of doubt to an ounce of truth is the safest brew.

You don't have to turn on the TV set. You don't have to work on the Internet. It's up to you.

If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come.