Only to live, to live and live! Life, whatever it may be!

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.

True friends will always push you towards the great possibilities of your future, false friends will always chain you to the mistakes in your past.

What happens when you shut your eyes? The images you have been accustomed to look at suddenly disappear. See through the images by closing your eyes and opening your heart.

A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

We make images to "honor what is greater and more interesting than we are."

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.

Some people cannot see a priest on a mountain of sugar.

It's great to do theater and have the live response and know what that can bring to a performance. I like to juggle as many mediums as I can.

I'm like a mosquito, I love humidity. I don't sweat.