If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake. That will be his punishment-as well as the prison.

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.

The magic had started to degrade, and Rosemary had slowly but surely become thoroughly, gruesomely human. And there were few things worse in this world than humans.

Every good man resists others in those points in which he resists himself.

Luck has a way of evaporating when you lean on it.

It is impossible on reasonable grounds to disbelieve miracles.

A man's got to keep company a long time, and come early and stay late and sit close, before he can get a girl or a job worth having.

At 6 years old I knew there was no place for me.

There is only one number one. It is a lonely spot but it has got the best view of all.

Only in prayer can we learn to love God with all our heart, mind and soul.

The men of God are like fishes in the ocean; they pop up into view on the surface here and there and everywhere, as they please.

Well may your heart believe the truths Well may your heart believe the truths I tell; 'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell.