Doubt is the accomplice of tyranny.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

If you are not aware of your destination, you are likely to become used by someone in accordance with his purpose and to work for a person who knows his plans and goals

It strikes me that perhaps this is part of what we are fighting to choose. Which pain to feel.

Adolescence is the conjugator of childhood and adulthood.

Rock n roll is for the young idiots, not an old fart like me.

If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life.

I knew then and I know now, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it.

Think for a moment: what is the British equivalent of the U.S. Fourth of July, or even the French 14th of July for that matter?

Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.

Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth.

I'll tell you what I was like as a child. I was a good person. I was high-spirited but I was a big reader.