Truly great men must, I think, experience great sorrow on the earth.

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.

If you cannot tie your marketing efforts to actual dollars that the electric company will accept, it’s time to adjust your plan.

You need to take some acting classes to learn to hide your huge crush on my husband better

No one showed any signs of recognizing me. I didn't know what I'd do if they did, other than lie like a devil and pray like a saint.

Filmmaking is akin to writing on water.

There grows No herb of help to heal a coward heart.

I adore doing classic adaptations, but I also feel their frustrations and their limitations.

Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease.

I hope there's pudding!

We live in a world we ourselves create.

We all make mistakes.