There is nothing more alluring to man than freedom of conscience, but neither is there anything more agonizing.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man ... just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man.

Learning to love is hard and we pay dearly for it. It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship, for it is not just for a moment that we must learn to love, but forever.

People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.

It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.

I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.

Don’t be overwise; fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don’t be afraid - the flood will bear you to the bank and set you safe on your feet again.

The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying.

Seek respect not attention.

I'm seldom right, but I'm never in doubt.

What we know of others is our personal secret.

Drink today, and drown all sorrow; you shall perhaps not do tomorrow.

The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.

To be in someone's favorite film is just - that's what you want. You want to be in great films that are memorable.

The students of Gallaudet have sent a powerful message across this country!

Don't be afraid to say what you don't know, and speak for what you do know. Say, "I can't speak for all Latinas, but I can speak for me and tell you very, very honestly."

Clearly the West Indies are going to play their normal game, which is what they normally do

We do not change as we grow up. The difference between the child and the adult is that the former doesn't know who he is and the latter does.