In vain we shall penetrate more and more deeply the secrets of the structure of the human body, we shall not dupe nature; we shall die as usual.

Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard will kill both; and a German will kill herself.

Neatness is a crowning grace of womanhood.

Behold a universe so immense that I am lost in it. I no longer know where I am. I am just nothing at all. Our world is terrifying in its insignificance.

To be happy, one must have a good stomach and a bad heart.

A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place.

A philosopher will not believe what he sees because he is too busy speculating about what he does not see.

It is a great obstacle to happiness to expect too much.

Mathematicians are like lovers. Grant a mathematician the least principle, and he will draw from it a consequence which you must also grant him, and from this consequence another.

People almost always do great things without knowing how to do them, and are quite surprised to have done them.

An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages.

Genocide is the responsibility of the entire world.

There's a lot of people that have great ideas and dreams and whatnot, but unless you're willing to work really, really hard, and work for what you want, it's never going to happen.

Black women control the world. We are through being discriminated against.

The beginning of philosophy is the recognition of the conflict between opinions.

My experience is, people who retire die sooner than they should have.

If you don't invest your life in what you really care for, your life will be wasted. You will not fly - you will just drag yourself through life.

Poetry has historically been allied with religion and morals; it has served the purpose of penetrating the mysterious depths of things.

My entire career is a succession of things I did wrong and learned from.

Remembrance is the secret of reconciliation.

Here is my music. It is all I have to tell you how I feel. Know that your love keeps my love strong.