Nothing has ever been more insupportable for a man and a human society than freedom. –The Grand Inquisitor

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.

Eradicating ignorance through the establishment of information centers.

Few can claim a single angel who guards them. But you can.

Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?

Never admit defeat!

It took President Obama to make America lead like America again.

I'm a vegan. I lost 150 pounds because of being a vegan.

If you have a negative thought about a world situation, dwell upon the best that could happen in that situation.

To build up a future, you have to know the past.

In employing fiction to make truth clear and goodness attractive, we are only following the example which every Christian ought to propose to himself.

A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.