. . . everything seems insupportable to me. This may very well be because I am insupportable myself.

Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades.

Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire.

I hear nothings, I speak nothings, I take interest in nothing and from nothing to nothing I travel gently down the dull way which leads to becoming nothing.

Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!

Heed the still small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.

Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them.

[On the legend that after being beheaded St. Denis walked six miles with his head in his hands:] It is only the first step that is difficult.

I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui.

God is not more incomprehensible than you; but if he is not more just, it is hardly worth while beIieving in him.

Faith is a devout belief in what one does not understand.

Whoever trains the children controls the future. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and a society will only ever be as strong as the families in it.

The life of a mother is the life of a child: you are two blossoms on a single branch.

The best way to become poor is to give nothing.

You wasted $150,000 on an education you could have got for a buck fifty in late charges at the public library.

We need foreign skills to stay competitive.

Every man a king, but no one wears a crown.

In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviorally wild, and it's crazy to think of any form where it's just one way.

It is more important to let a child's imagination develop than it is to labor to inculcate in him or her some correct ethical point of view.

There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination.

The only reason these kids keep score in these games is for the parents and coaches satisfaction. Who cares? They're 10 years old.