If God does not exist, then everything is permissible.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man ... just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man.

Learning to love is hard and we pay dearly for it. It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship, for it is not just for a moment that we must learn to love, but forever.

People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.

It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.

I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.

Don’t be overwise; fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don’t be afraid - the flood will bear you to the bank and set you safe on your feet again.

The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying.

Rough makes us tough.

I get this buzz every time I'm quoted online. The ego high... yes... but also a Google Alert.

If you don't drink, smoke, or drive a car, you're a tax evader.

I don't really put trophies out. I don't keep trophies around my apartment.

The humorous look of children is perhaps the most endearing of all the bonds that hold the Cosmos together.

He's so full of alcohol, if you put a lighted wick in his mouth he'd burn for three days.

Why are we putting people who are already in a vulnerable position through this dreadful, appalling stress?

Got your mind set on a dream, you can get it though how hard it may seem.

I try to live what I teach. A lot of things come against us in life, but we should try to find something to be grateful for, and see each day as a gift.

Find something you’re passionate about and you know, do something.