I needed to know that there was such a thing as love and that it brought smiles and joy in its wake.

War is like night, she said. It covers everything.

A mn ages hs enemy because he hates his own hate. He says to himself: I hate him not because he's my enemy, not because he hates me, but because he arouses me to hate.

If you violate laws of God, you're a sinner.If you violate laws of men, you're a criminal.If you violate your own laws, you're pathetic.

Je ne laissa entrer que le plaisair, oui, j’ai cette capacité-là, moi, de filtrer ce qui m’arrive, de choisir, j’ai choisi de ne pas être triste.

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.

If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about?

What makes me mad is arrogance, pretension, putting on airs.

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.

Crimes generally punish themselves.

Man must rise above the Earth - to the top of the atmosphere and beyond - for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.

I might not win a Grammy or get another Stellar Award but I'll get my rewards from the Lord. There's nothing better than that.