Duty is the grandest of ideas, because it implies the idea of God, of the soul, of liberty, of responsibility, of immortality.

It is not genius, nor glory, nor love that reflects the greatness of the human soul; it is kindness.

In relations between the rich and the strong, between the rich and the poor, between the master and the servant, it's liberty that grinds down, and the law which liberates.

Only three things are necessary to make life happy: the blessing of God, books , and a friend.

Love is the beginning, the middle, and the end of everything.

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.

The inner life is the whole man, and forms all the worth of man.

The Church had the words reason and liberty on her lips when the inalienable rights of the human race were threatened with shipwreck.

After speech, silence is the greatest power in the world.

Nothing is achieved without solitude.

Man forms himself in his own interior, and nowhere else.

There is not one harsher, more sure-fire way to fail than that of the man who tries to be like Jesus without submitting to Jesus.

It's not the books by Stephen King that I read, I need protection from the things in my head . . .

I'd rather have a life of chaos beside you than a life of quietude and stability without you...

My cat is not insane, she's just a really good actress.

Your representative owes you not his industry only but his judgement and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

The old ideals are dead as nails--nothing there. It seems to me there remains only this perfect union with a woman--sort of ultimate marriage--and there isn't anything else.

I may not be the most interesting architect, but I'm still out there and have maintained some position of integrity.

There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it.

Nothing is so good it lasts eternally. Perfect situations must go wrong. But this has never yet prevented me wanting far too much for far too long.