If you begin by saying, 'Thou shalt not lie,' there is no longer any possibility of political action.

If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.

Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but the sum of his actions, nothing else but what his life is.

Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.

We are our choices.

Before you come alive, life is nothing; it 's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.

What is life but an unpleasant interruption to a peaceful nonexistence.

I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. [It is a matter of choice, not chance.] Such is the first principle of existentialism.

Never exchange the word of God for any wealth.

the mind is a treasuretrove, an almanac, a tomb.

Hate is bait for the devil, love is the gate to god

Beckett does not believe in God, though he seems to imply that God has committed an unforgivable sin by not existing.

Wealth inequality has increased.

Its always been my tendency to lie to doctors, as if good health consisted only of the ability to fool them.

Character is more important than talent.

The fruits of the tree of Knowledge are various; he must be strong indeed who can digest all of them.

Unlimited power may be available when two or more people coordinate their thoughts and actions in a spirit of perfect harmony for the attainment of a definite purpose.

All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world.