Is there in the whole world a being who would have the right to forgive and could forgive?

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.

All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do.

Mushrooms grow on cow turds. I love that. I think that's why you giggle the first hour.

History is, in its essence, exciting; to present it as dull is, to my mind, stark and unforgivable misrepresentation.

Every holiday on the calendar, I check in a hotel and fast - I don't eat, I don't drink, I don't talk.

All are free to believe or not believe; all are free to practice a faith or not. But those who believe must be free to speak of and act on their belief

If I ever acquire wisdom, I suppose I'll be wise enough to know what to do with it.

We need empathy to give empathy.

You can't always let people do their own thing.

I like to think I'm pretty smart with what I was able to do academically, but whenever I get on the field I turn into the Incredible Hulk and I am unstoppable.

We live in an anaesthetized society.