No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.

Our opinions become fixed at the point where we stop thinking.

I can die when I wish to: that is my elixir of life.

Muslims are the first victims of Islam. To liberate a Muslim from his religion is the best service that one can render him!

Man makes holy what he believes as he makes beautiful what he loves.

Forgetfulness, and I would even say historical error, are essential in the creation of a nation.

A nation is a body of people who have done great things together.

Good humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us.

To have common glories in the past, a common will in the present; to have done great things together, to will to do the like again, — such are the essential conditions for the making of a people.

To be able to think freely, a man must be certain that no consequence will follow whatever he writes.

When people complain of life, it is almost always because they have asked impossible things of it.

Look at me

Who can claim to know you more than you know yourself? You have been with yourself all your life, after all.

We need to consciously remember that we have more responsibility to protect our planet, because without it we have nowhere else to live.

Bicycles are the most efficient vehicles on the planet, 50 times more efficient than cars, and twice as efficient as walking.

It takes a whole Bible to make a whole Christian.

I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination.

Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on.

As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where I think everyone can do the job and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.

Play for the guy standing next to you.

Faith is the inborn capacity to see God behind everything.