I can be expected to look for truth but not to find it.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.

You cannot hate someone until you know what it might be like to love them.

The Bible is the means through which we are introduced to Jesus and invited to follow Him in the life of humility and service.

I cannot take your sense of humor--and, with it, you've nothing to fear from me.

Sounds simple, doesn’t it, this notion of simplicity? Simple things done simply by a simple person. But it’s not as simple as it seems.

I was a teen idol and that has a short shelf life.

We live in an era of globalization and the era of the woman. Never in the history of the world have women been more in control of their destiny.

You’re a cow Give me some milk Or else go home

Someone did us all a grave injustice by implying that mourning has a distinct beginning, middle, and end.

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.

I can read and arrange, but I can't write.