Drama assumes an order. If only so that it might have - by disrupting that order - a way of surprising.

It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it.

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.

Nothing is more powerful than individuals acting out of their own conscience.

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly.

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly nonsensical furor.

We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality.

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.

By their fruits ye shall know them.

I believe a young player will run through a barbed wire fence for you. An older player looks for a hole in the fence.

I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't find a way of avoiding it.

I don't mean to sound like a cheap prostitute, but you can call me what you like.

Well, I'll say I have an incredible ability to fantasize - I really do. I don't have to have things tangible to be able to see them, and therefore I enjoy so many things, because they're in my mind.

It is my children who have made all this possible. My children are my wealth; they are my strength.

I was so happy every morning when I woke up that I was pissing smiley faces.

The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not "What a lovely sermon!" but "I will do something."

If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth.

There are times when sense may be unseasonable, as well as truth.