Virtues are dangerous as vices insofar as they are allowed to rule over one as authorities and not as qualities one develops oneself.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Limitation of one's freedom might seem to be something negative and unpleasant, but love makes it a positive, joyful and creative thing. Freedom exists for the sake of love.

God invites us to start and continue each day with Him. I have found it wise to accept His request.

In almost any society I think the quality of the non-conformists is like to be just as good as and no better than that of the conformists.

When you allow yourself to be unpredictable, you step from the known into the unknown, where anything is possible

What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.

While we keep aloof in general statements, there is little fruit to be expected; it is the hand-fight that does execution.

Most of us live in a Jackal world where we take turns using the other person as a waste basket for our words.

A faithful friend is the true image of the Deity.

I'd rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I'm a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you're going to lose some, too.

Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions.