Two times two will be four even without my will. Is that what you call man's free will?

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.

Life has its enigmatic events, that can make it a mystery, or my misery. It all depends on how I view it.

There is a tale...It tells of the days when a blight hung over our land. Nothing prospered. Nothing flourished. Not even zucchini would grow.

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

In war the first casualty is the truth.

To "bear arms" is, in itself, a military term. One does not bear arms against a rabbit.

The greatest directors are the greatest users. They use people's talents to tell the story that they want to tell.

I never say "Action" or "Cut." Never. I think that would disturb the life from happening in and around everything.

Life is like eating artichokes; you have got to go through so much to get so little.

The climate change argument is absolute crap