Justice is too good for some people and not good enough for the rest.

Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.

To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him...two.

A man who is stingy with saffron is capable of seducing his own grandmother.

A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.

He talks about the Scylla of Atheism and the Charybdis of Christianity - a state of mind which, by the way, is not conducive to bold navigation.

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar stumps and empty matchboxes.

Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?

Replace your old books with the book you've always wanted to write.

Fighting the right battle is as important as winning one.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

What matters is hard work, and emotional intelligence.

So interviews are a valuable tool, but under certain circumstances they'd be more valuable than others.

We have heard of many people who trusted God too little, but have you ever heard of anyone who trusted Him too much?

Success in anything important rarely comes without the Five Horsemen of Success: planning, effort, positivity, perseverance and resilience.

I want to be real. I want to be a real person. That's what an artist is. An artist has to be honest. Without honesty, there's nothing.

That which is denied gains power, and seeks strange and unexpected forms of manifestation.

If God wished to punish us, all he would need to do would be to answer our prayers.