Candour and generosity unless tempered by due moderation lead to ruin.

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure

The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.

If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.

In valor there is hope.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.

The most seditious is the most cowardly.

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.

I don't take good pictures 'cause I have the kind of beauty that moves.

Lupita thought that people who didn’t dance were selfish and lonely.

Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon.

It is better to be polite than rude.

War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.

There are many things that are still uncertain and that probably nobody knows, because so many factors determine what form the transformation of consciousness on our planet takes.

A little of everything and nothing thoroughly, after the French fashion.

Politics is my second love, next to my love for Raisa [Gorbacheva].

A black star appears, a point of darkness in the night sky's clarity. Point of darkness and gateway to repose. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.