We need to study the whole of history, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it.

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours of our heart.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

Life is a series of collisions with the future.

I am I plus my surroundings; and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.

An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.

To wonder is to begin to understand.

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist.

It takes great character and understanding of human emotions to help someone you shouldn't be helping under normal circumstances.

I'm not in love, The love is within me!

For many men the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles it only changes them.

So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.

How poisonous, how crafty, how bad, does every long war make one, which cannot be waged openly by means of force!

There's a famous saying: "If you pass the square ball in your own defensive third it must not be intercepted."

For many weeks after [my wife] died, I could not get used to the feeling of coldness and lifelessness on her side of the bed - and it was even worse when they took the body away and buried her.

Praise and disgrace cause fear.

What people believe impacts on what they do. And it's not as if religion is universally bad. Of course it's responsible for many peoples doing good actions.

I never try to make any far-reaching predictions, so much can happen that it simply only makes you look stupid a few years later.