Human laziness makes people pigeonhole one another at first site so that they find nothing in common with one another.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man ... just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man.

Learning to love is hard and we pay dearly for it. It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship, for it is not just for a moment that we must learn to love, but forever.

People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.

It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.

I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.

Don’t be overwise; fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don’t be afraid - the flood will bear you to the bank and set you safe on your feet again.

The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying.

Strange how complicated we can make things just to avoid showing what we feel!

A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business, live concerts.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Very nice sort of place, Oxford, I should think, for people that like that sort of place.

There are two infinities that confuse me: the one in my soul devours me; the one around me will crush me

Remember, remember the 5th of November.

Oh the piercing sadness of life in the midst of its ordinariness!

There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going, when they seem going they come: diplomats, women, and crabs.

If I had only one friend left, i'd want it to be you.

Everybody who comes to the EU as a migrant is basically coming illegally.