Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.

It is not genius, nor glory, nor love that reflects the greatness of the human soul; it is kindness.

In relations between the rich and the strong, between the rich and the poor, between the master and the servant, it's liberty that grinds down, and the law which liberates.

Only three things are necessary to make life happy: the blessing of God, books , and a friend.

Love is the beginning, the middle, and the end of everything.

Duty is the grandest of ideas, because it implies the idea of God, of the soul, of liberty, of responsibility, of immortality.

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.

The inner life is the whole man, and forms all the worth of man.

The Church had the words reason and liberty on her lips when the inalienable rights of the human race were threatened with shipwreck.

After speech, silence is the greatest power in the world.

Nothing is achieved without solitude.

The more material we lose, the less we have. The less we have, the more we win.

Had I known that coffee could taste so good, I would have gotten drunk on it every day.

Most artists look for something fresh to paint; frankly I find that quite boring. For me it is much more exciting to find fresh meaning in something familiar.

Everyone likes the obscene; that is real life.

In politics, every year in the White House is like dog years, it takes off seven years of your life.

What about the rest of your life?" She shrugged. "What about it?" "Aren't you worried about, like, forever?" "Forever is composed of nows," she says.

You're not really just a filmmaker that makes a movie good most of the time. It's everybody involved; it's a collective effort.

I'm going to the Super Bowl again.

What I hate is leather leggings and an ankle boot. I hate the line.