One could never judge a man without seeing him close, for oneself.

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.

We mourn the future because it's easier than admitting that we're miserable in the present.

Sooner or later we're all gone, so no one bothers getting attached.

All money does with an empty heart is allow you to be miserable in style.

The church is called to activate the position of the believers in saving the nation for God’s glory

Every gesture was one of disorder and violence, as if a lioness had come into the room.

Some people brighten up a room just by leaving it.

Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.

In deep waters, you encounter only the wise and the brave; in shallow waters, the ignorant and the coward!

Given continued high rates of population increase, all environmental victories are temporary.

. . . in the final analysis, virtue is not found in extremes, but in prudence . . .