We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer and contemplation.

What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all the palisades, all the fences, within which she is held captive!

History is the autobiography of a madman.

Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.

There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.

To build a city where it is impossible to build a city is madness in itself, but to build there one of the most elegant and grandest of cities is the madness of genius.

It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this.

The liberty of the individual is the greatest thing of all, it is on this and this alone that the true will of the people can develop.

The world will not know liberty until all that is religious and political is transformed into something simple and human and made susceptible to criticism and denial.

Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with it, casts its wealth to right and left, but the puny boatmen do not know how to fish for it.

Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically -- while simulating a triumphant march forward -- than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament?

There are two types of people on this earth

To every soul you encounter, be a mirror, which reflects only their beauty.

This is a world of action, and not moping and droning in.

I need something different [roles], always something just slightly different, that pushes you and challenges you.

I was brought up to believe that what is out-of-doors should stay there and not be encouraged in any way.

Blue skies Smiling at me Nothing but blue skies Do I see Bluebirds Singing a song Nothing but bluebirds All day long

Gluttony? I could eat and eat and eat and eat and eat. I'd love to pig out on gluten. I mean, I'm allergic to gluten, but I really want to do that. I want to sit in bed one day and just pig out.

If your faith is threatened by something that's true, then it wasn't much of a faith to begin with, was it?

I, of course, predicted attempt of Donald Trump impeachment back on November 22nd of 2016 year.

Great women and men are always more anxious to serve than to have dominion.