Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism and the Enlightenment have made us who we are.

Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.

The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given.

Freedom is a universal value.

Terrorism is an evil that threatens all the countries in Europe. Vigorous cooperation in the European Union and worldwide is crucial in order to meet this evil head on.

We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt.

Day after day we must remember we can take freedom for granted. Day after day we must keep the bond between freedom and other values in mind.

The necessity for co-operation between Europe and the United States is bigger than ever. Only by close transatlantic co-operation can we face the world's challenges.

i am constantly torn between killing myself and killing everyone around me.those seem to be the two choices. everything else is just killing time.

The truth is what hurts

There's huge, massive mother ships going up to the Yukon. They've been filmed and are on video.

There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.

When I did have a little bit of commercial success, it really didn't suit my temperament at all. I'm a terrible public person.

Do not pluck the beard of a dead lion. [Lat., Noli Barbam vellere mortuo leoni.]

Why do you even put up with me?' 'I'm not putting up with you,' he said, softly. 'I'm loving you.

Anything we do to fight misery and ignorance and poverty, no matter how imperfect it may be, is still better than doing nothing at all.

The professionalization of poetry, or the balkanization, has come out of the fact that when you apply to most creative writing programs, you have to choose your genre.

I do think that people ought to have some control over their money, rather than the government, just mandating to them how they're going to invest their money.