Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy.

If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.

Man's highest duty is to protect animals from cruelty.

Nothing develops intelligence like travel.

Truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it.

The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.

Did science promise happiness? I do not believe it. It promised truth, and the question is to know if we will ever make happiness with truth.

Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.

If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow.

The only basis for living is believing in life, loving it, and applying the whole force of one's intellect to know it better.

Respectable people... What bastards!

Start with putting three of your friends to jail. You definitely know what for, and people will believe you

That you should not be here when something we've both wanted happens is no new thing for me. Today too, as always, you're not here.

No man is demolished but by himself.

Life is a gift, given in trust - like a child.

What controls your attention, controls your life

I wasn't scared; I was just somebody else, some stranger, and my whole life was a haunted life, the life of a ghost.

One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself.

Government employees are public servants and prohibited by the Constitution from inhibiting religious freedom, that is a far cry from sneaking around and into a church and acting like KGB agents.

The family is the greatest treasure of any country. Let us all work to protect and strengthen this, the cornerstone of society.

When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got.