It is by character and not by intellect the world is won.

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be, because goodness is of its very nature modest and retiring.

A Platonic friendship is perhaps only possible when one or other of the Platonists is in love with a third person.

He who has lost only those of whose faith and truth he is sure, has not yet reached the depth of human desolation.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

The crowning blessing of life-to be born with a bias to some pursuit.

All men now allow that if any human power could have stemmed the avalanche of the French Revolution, it would have been the reforms of Turgot.

There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be because goodness is of its very nature modest and retiring.

Material things may satisfy your temporal desires, but none can be taken with you when you're gone. Build your hopes on things eternal !

No excuses and no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if you're looking. I have no time to gripe over misfortune. I don't waste time looking back.

Sometimes you have to give yourself to somebody in order to see who you are. Sometimes you have to unravel things to get to the core

He that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.

The movement of the stream is distinct from the river bed, although it must adopt its winding course.

Celebrity doesn't really affect the work. What affects the work is the expectations from the outside. This is what no one understands.

Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.

Revolutions never go backwards.

I don't want to look at myself - ever. All I see is that my face is a problem. It's asymmetrical. I get terrible bags under my eyes.

He [Steve McQueen] must have made that before he died.