Every personal existence was upheld by a secret.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

loss takes as much as love does, sometimes more

Final installment of Things More Fun Than Reading the Sarah Palin Memoir: Driving into a tree, microwaving your head, and getting stabbed in the eye with a carrot.

I am not a priest, I am not an imam, I am not a rabbi and I am implementing the French laws on every French citizen.

It is one thing to recognise certain potentially useful affinities, and another to act on them.

The British press can be so annoying. They jerk you off with one hand and smack you with the other.

Weddings are never about the bride and groom, weddings are public platforms for dysfunctional families.

A democratic state will protect the freedom to hold any beliefs other than those that harm others, such as racism. In particular, it will see to it that no one is harmed just because of her beliefs.

Hume's paradox does hold: power is in the hands of the governed. If they refuse to accept it, you're in trouble, no matter how many guns you have.

There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.

America is divided by a great argument about itself. Europe is divided by a great argument about America.