It is easier for a Russian to become an atheist than for anyone else in the world.

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.

In the end, you have to choose whether or not to trust someone.

Most people live out ordinary lives by denying death. Others live more completely because they’re aware of it. I choose the second group.

When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes.

If you are you, 24 hours a day, then you do not have to remember who you are supposed to be in different situations - something that I imagine could be troublesome.

When it call comes down to it, nothing trumps execution.

The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems of his own or has refused to face them.

Business is a means- the only means- to increase the quantity of goods available for preserving life and rendering it more agreeable.

Washington's Corruption and Mendacity Is What Makes America 'Exceptional'

There are a lot of actors out there who've made one or two films and who never work again.

There's not much money in Tallahassee. Not many people can leave Tallahassee because they don't have the means.