I am Bourbon as a matter of honour, royalist according to reason and conviction, and republican by taste and character.

Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them.

There is nothing beautiful or sweet or great in life that is not mysterious.

The most disastrous times have produced the greatest minds. The purest metal comes of the most ardent furnace; the most brilliant lightning come of the darkest clouds.

Every institution goes through three stages - utility, privilege, and abuse.

The heart feels, the head compares.

Forests were the first temples of the Divinity, and it is in the forests that men have grasped the first idea of architecture.

Alexander created cities everywhere he passed: I have left dreams everywhere I have trailed my life.

We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective.

The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.

Love decreases when it ceases to increase.

You can't have a decent party for the survivors of a deadly blast without inviting the person who detonated the explosion.

Authentic empowerment is the knowing that you are on purpose, doing God's work, peacefully and harmoniously.

Mental health problems do not affect three or four out of every five persons but one out of one.

My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was totally destroyed by the critics of the day, who called it an absolute load of rubbish.

What do yo think human flesh tastes like?

President Obama should stop campaigning and start working on creating jobs, start working on getting our GDP up, start working on strengthening our borders.

[Doing a bilingual album] helped artistically because whenever I got bored of writing in English, I would write in Spanish. It's always cool when you have the choice.

Choice impacts virtually every element of our life.

I fear just one thing : Money! Greed was what motivated Judas to sell Jesus

The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters.