To begin with unlimited freedom is to end with unlimited despotism.

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.

Leave time behind and listen to your rhythm ♫♪

Life that did not yearn toward life was in fair way toward ceasing.

My Universe, crashing into yours, was the most beautiful accident this creation had ever witnessed.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.

The amount of speculation surrounding my romantic life is astounding. It's strange how involved people get: invested and angry, really disappointed.

What I did was pour out about a gallon of Chanel Number Five and put a burning wedding invitation to it, and boom, I'm recycling.

I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.

I think there comes a point where you have to grow up and get over yourself, lighten up…and forgive

My mom's Jewish and my dad's Irish Catholic alcoholic, so I whine on the inside.

All I ever learned at my mother's knee was what a bony knee looked like.