The mind's eye is perhaps no better fitted for the full radiance of truth, than is the body's for that of the sun.

Taste may be compared to that exquisite sense of the bee, which instantly discovers and extracts the quintessence of every flower, and disregards all the rest of it.

Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter; is he not also the only one that deserves to be laughed at?

Habit is the cement of society, the comfort of life, and, alas! The root of error.

O wearisome condition of humanity! Born under one law, to another bound; Vainly begot and yet forbidden vanity; Created sick, commanded to be sound.

Man is said to be a rational creature; but should it not rather be said, that man is a creature capable of being rational, as we say a parrot is a creature capable of speech?

The criterion of true beauty is that it increases on examination; if false, that it lessens.

There are sometimes beauties in a character which would never have appeared but for a defect, and defects which would never have appeared but for a beauty.

Love will sacrifice more to others than friendship, but then it exacts more from them.

How happy is it for us, that the admiration of others should depend so much more on their ignorance than our perfection!

Pleasure is the business of the young, business the pleasure of the old.

it's doesn't matter how long you spend the time writing words, the only thing that matter, is for how long your words will have an influence on their reader .

In my opinion when you speak about relationships between people, you are actually talking about everything in their world because everything is contained in that relationship.

There are more people dying of malaria than any specific cancer.

The only reason you should be an entrepreneur is because that's the only way the idea will come into the world.

When he thought of his history, what resonated with him now was not all that he had suffered but the divine love that he believed had intervened to save him.

I personally support the type of gymnastics which does not exceed a certain amount of acrobatics and risks because then one can still say: what a lovely sport gymnastics is.

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.

Independence is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it.

A sigh isn't just a sigh. We inhale the world and breathe out meaning. While we can. While we can.

When I first saw a picture of the crucifixion, I lost respect for my parents. I suddenly realised that this is what the adult world is like - full of cruelty and hypocrisy.