That which renders life burdensome to us generally arises from the abuse of it.

People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.

Freedom is the power to choose our own chains

The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?

Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.

I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.

No one is happy unless he respects himself.

Si quelques heures font une grande différence dans le cœur de l’homme, faut-il s’en étonner ? Il n’y a qu’une minute de la vie à la mort.

It was strange how you didn’t realise how much you loved a place until you had lost it completely.

At some point paradise would be lost.

Haven't you ever wanted something you couldn't have?

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

I leave it to the faithful to burn each other's churches and mosques and synagogues, which they can be always relied upon to do

The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.

Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one would lie in his place

Qhuinn gave in immediately, as he was categorically incapable of denying the female anything — most certainly not one of her hugs. They were even better than her lasagna.

Last year, I reviewed a nine-hour documentary about the lives of Mongolian yak herdsmen, and I would rather see it again than sit through The Frighteners.