Inventors and geniuses have almost always been looked on as no better than fools at the beginning of their career, and very frequently at the end of it also.

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.

Envy is for people who don’t have the self-esteem to be jealous.

There's Nothing To Hide When Your Soul Is Not Guilty....

Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation foolish preparation?

I think if you have someone without a sense of humor, you're less likely to be together.

It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

I read the script of [Woman Under the Influence ] 50 times. And I thought about it. And then I did it.

Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.

Swallow the stars until you are one with the universe, with all-pervading universal life.

Rock 'n' roll is sexuality personified.