The kiss itself is immortal. It travels from lip to lip, century to century, from age to age. Men and women garner these kisses, offer them to others and then die in turn.

The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.

....and I gazed at these forms incomprehensible to me, but which revealed the immortal thoughts of the greatest shatterer of dreams who had ever dwelt on earth.

And involuntarily I compared the childish sarcasm, the religious sarcasm of Voltaire with the irresistible irony of the German philosopher whose influence is henceforth ineffaceable.

By becoming a black belt, you will become whatever it is you wanted to be in the first place, and Jiu Jitsu will have served its aim.

...no one has ever doubted you would die for those you love ... the question then becomes would you live?

As you can see, I keep my word, ” I call to the rest of the crowd. “Do not take advantage of my generosity, and I will not take advantage of your weakness.

So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.

But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.

If you expect a kick in the balls and you get a slap in the face, it's a victory.

I really believe that fashion, and dressing up, is a great way for guys to express and interact with their creativity.

To judge from all Communist papers, magazines and brochures, and from all public assemblies, one might even surmise that a revolt of the poor peasants in Western Europe might break out at any moment!

I like to look glamorous sometimes, but its not the be all and end all. I can muck in as well.

Two-thirds of my energies go in trying to save one-third for work.