Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.

In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.

Truth to tell, we are all criminals if we remain silent.

It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own existence.

Freedom is not possible without authority - otherwise it would turn into chaos and authority is not possible without freedom - otherwise it would turn into tyranny.

All I know is that I shall be alone again. There is nothing more terrible than to be alone among human beings.

There is nothing more vindictive, nothing more underhanded, than a little world that would like to be a big one.

In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.

Hairdressers are professional gossips; when only the hands are busy, the tongue is seldom still.

Those whom fate has dealt hard knocks remain vulnerable for ever afterwards.

The more help a person has in his garden, the less it belongs to him.

I was at awards shows and felt really lost so it was good to play someone who was really lost.

From the saintly and single-minded idealist to the fanatic is often but a step.

Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings.

Two people who think they're in love can find out, when left alone, exactly how little they know about each other.

Get your runtcheeks down those stairs, right now

I'm glad God chose you to be my Dad!

A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns.

Religious people split into three main groups when faced with science. I shall label them the "know-nothings", the "know-alls", and the "no-contests."

Last night we were the best team on the day.