Hell, madame, is to love no longer.

A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.

Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.

Hope is a risk that must be run.

Suicide only really frightens those who are never tempted by it and never will be, for its darkness only welcomes those who are predestined to it.

Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives by it.

...the most dangerous shortsightedness consists in underestimating the mediocre.

You owe it to everyone you love to find pockets of tranquility in your busy world.

Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses.

There's a story behind every "I don't believe in love""Period

I knew from experience that no matter how much you turn things in your head, trying to make sense of them, some people just defy all logic.

Success does not bring happiness. Success brings success.

The only thing that keeps us from a place of joy is an illusion, the illusion of fear.

Male genitals are still called "the tree of life" by the Arabs, and a cross was one of the oldest diagrammatic images of male genitals.

When we are polite to children, we show in the most simple and direct way possible that we value them as people and care about their feelings.

Statistics in the hands of activists have power.

And when thou art weary I'll find thee a bed, Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.

As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering.

The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you.