Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death.

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.

There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write.

If you endured the suffering, shall find the joy of overcoming any difficulty.

Women, as they are like riddles in being unintelligible, so generally resemble them in this, that they please us no longer once we know them.

Celebrate each season, for you too, are transformed with the turns of the earth.

O foolish anxiety of wretched man, how inconclusive are the arguments which make thee beat thy wings below!

Embrace the unpredictable and unexpected. It is the path to the infinitely creative in you.

I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don't have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.

​​​​​​You're going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. It always does feel strange to be knocked out of your comfort zone.

Since I am convinced that I wrong no one, I am not likely to wrong myself.

With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.