It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.

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.

Where there is life, hope prevails.

You are a man with secrets...and I plan to know them all.

If you know your life chances are greatly reduced, should you be in a position to take out life insurance if that knowledge is not available to the insurers?

His Majesty's Government looks with favour upon the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jews.

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

As a society, we've learned that we're all better off when everyone is included in the opportunities of this great nation.

Today's empire is tomorrow's ashes...

You almost wish you could turn off the COMM and just appreciate the deafening quiet.

Male supremacy is centered on the act of sexual intercourse, justified by heterosexual practice.

How slow This old moon wanes! she lingers my desires, Like to a stepdame, or a dowager, Long withering out a young man's revenue.