To destroy abuses is not enough; Habits must also be changed. The windmill has gone, but the wind is still there." ~old man G--- to Monseigneur Bienvenu Myriel

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

It is not enough to be happy, one must be content.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

To love beauty is to see light.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.

Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

Let go of rousing speechand identification with thoughtsUntil your endyou will never be jaded

The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work.

I'm grateful for the people who watch everyday because if the viewers don't tune in, I don't have a job and I know that.

The Clave thinks the wards will stand forever because they’ve stood for a thousand years. But so did Rome, till the barbarians came. Everything falls someday

If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?

I'm never bored, never ever bored. If I've got a day off I'll sit in a cafe and watch and observe. I'm a great observer.

To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.

Growing up, I stayed in a child's place. My father was murdered when I was 20. I was a model and never had a real job and my parents took care of me.

If you sincerely believed in God, how could you form one thought, speak one sentence, without mentioning Him?

There is no substitute for work.