I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

People settle for a level of despair they can tolerate and call it happiness.

The most common form of despair is not being who you are.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

to have faith is precisely to lose one's mind so as to win God.

Sometimes, it is best that the past stays buried.

Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.

Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination.

Only exercise on the days you want to improve your mood.

It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.

I don't like the word transparency; cold dead glass is transparent. I prefer education or understanding, which are more human.

I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.

I've found that limitations can be an artist's best friend sometimes.

Good in Crisis; Sucks at Normal.’ That about sums up my whole life, doesn’t it?

Man has always been his own most vexing problem.