If thou love each thing thou wilt perceive the mystery of God in all.

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.

Legislators are interested in their pet projects, getting re-elected, and popularity contests.

You know it's hard for me to, like, act the way I've been acting. And, like, being, like, nice to everyone. And I think I deserve to be acknowledged for that.

A woman could be having fun A woman could be like a nun In order to survive We cannot be kind Until we are hurt

Expediency may tip the scales when arguments are nicely balanced.

The Superior Man is all-embracing and not partial. The inferior man is partial and not all-embracing.

You have now reached infatuation’s final destination—the complete and merciless devaluation of self.

I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I'm writing a poem or drawing, I'm not a female; I'm an artist.

In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that never really got made.

We should never change our minds about where we are going, but always be curious about different ways to get there.

The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings.