In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we.

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.

So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

When quarrels and complaints arise, it is when people who are equal have not got equal shares, or vice-versa.

At the end of the day, don't forget that you're a person.

Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.

Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world.

It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself.

People have so manipulated the concept of freedom that it finally boils down to the right of the stronger and richer to take from the weaker and poorer whatever they still have.

The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living.