God has given us speech in order that we may say pleasant things to our friends, and tell bitter truths to our enemies.

If you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe.

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too, after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth, to ask the Lord for immortality in addition to it all.

Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all.

Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.

The deepest truth blooms only from the deepest love.

Money is the god of our time, and Rothschild is his prophet.

The swan, like the soul of the poet, By the dull world is ill understood.

Like a great poet, Nature produces the greatest results with the simplest means. These are simply a sun, trees, flowers, water and love.

Matrimony; the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented.

A willing spirit, a determined effort.

Use your time and your strength for your accomplishments.

Everyday is a struggle but it's how you deal with your struggles that make you stronger or weaker.

What we call miracles is just what's supposed to happen. We either go with it or stand in its way.

Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is opinion that uses the force. [Fr., La force est la reine du monde, et non pas l'opinion; mais l'opinion est celle qui use de la force.]

Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.

Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.

Science may not be as intimate as the medical profession; nonetheless, it certainly is a community in which ideas are often shared as contributions, not as proprietary things.

Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.

Right now, my favorite game is Resident Evil 2.