Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution.

Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind.

No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.

Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything.

He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world as he who is ready to die.

It's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as a sign of little worth

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.

Ignorance is the greatest source of happiness.

The most solid pleasure in this life is the empty pleasure of illusion.

In all climates, under all skies, man's happiness is always somewhere else.

What do you do there, moon, in the sky? Tell me what you do, silent moon. When evening comes you rise and go contemplating wastelands; then you set.

Our task is not multiplying the number of our church members but making people happy

You have to get up pretty early in the morning to invent the news.

Think about finding out when you're 13 that your dad is not your dad. It's like, okay, take it on the chin and keep going. No choice, really.

Real life security and contentment come not from putting a gun in the cupboard, but from taking a role in the world's future.

I used to get stressed out, but my cancer has put everything into perspective.

Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg forward.

I am an actress, I earn money, I am well-known. I don't think it is altruism to become engaged in humanitarian work. It's the least one can do.

You don't know how to pray? Put yourself in the presence of God, and as soon as you have said, 'Lord, I don't know how to pray!' you can be sure you have already begun.

We have to live life with a sense of urgency so not a minute is wasted.

I didn't know I was looking for anything until I saw you.