If you wish to seduce an angel, you must play the part of a devil.

Weak people talk and do not act, strong people act and keep quiet.

When we love, we see the infinite in the finite. We find the Creator in the creation.

There is nothing more to controlling demons than to do good and fear nothing.

Everything is possible to him who wills only what is true! Rest in Nature, study, know, then dare; dare to will, dare to act and be silent!

Order is never observed; it is disorder which attracts attention because it is awkward and intrusive.

A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard.

There exists in nature a force which is immeasurably more powerful than steam, and by means of which a single man, who knows how to adapt and direct it, might upset and alter the face of the world.

Judge not; speak hardly at all; love and act.

EVERY intention which does not assert itself by deeds is a vain intention, and the speech which expresses it is idle speech. It is action which proves life and establishes will

Everything lives by movement, everything is maintained by equilibrium, and harmony results from the analogy of contraries; this law is the form of forms.

The future does not wait for hesitant people. The more we achieve, the more we realise how much more we can achieve.

Moderation is the only rule of a healthful life. This means moderation in all things wholesome.

Books exceed authors' lifespan.

I'd like to be in the country so that I'd could like being in the city.

Sony has engaged in a technological version of cloak and dagger deceit against consumers by hiding secret files on their computers.

Inaction may be the biggest form of action.

These days - with the decline of the traditional churches - I'm concerned about where we obtain some form of moral direction.

How on earth Traore gets into this team is beyond me. And he's a Champions League winner? Gimme a break.

I am a peasant from the Auvergne. I want to keep my farm, and I want to keep France. Nothing else matters now.

Is that too much to expect? That I would name the stars for you? That I would take you there? The splash of my tongue melting you like a sugar cube?