Perhaps a normal man is supposed to be stupid-how do we know? Perhaps it's even very beautiful.

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.

The past is rich history. The present is sacred inscription. The future is yet to be written.

That woman, " Grimm said quietly, "drives me quite insane."Kettle grunted. "Why'd you marry her, then?

If nothing in life challenges us, we will remain unchallenged by life.

Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every liberal Sentiment, if not extinguished, is enfeebled in our Minds.

I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.

I wanted to be the reasonable voice of revenge for what I'd seen [my father] life come to.

I'm not any kind of social reformer.

Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years.

If you educate women, family size tends to go down.

There is always joy in achieving ,but the greater satisfaction lies in sharing the achievement.