There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.

The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.

One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.

If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.

To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.

Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.

He who understands the wise is wise already.

Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.

What I’m trying to say is, there’s no perfect life without you. In fact, I no longer dream about a “perfect” life. I only dream about a life with you.

I wanted to fall

Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?

I believe the most important mission of the state is to protect the individual and make it possible for him to develop into a creative personality.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

Priority determines capacity.

Time is but a thought, a means of measurement, not a reality.

Vivaldi didn't write 400 concertos; he wrote one concerto 400 times.

I don't know which side is anybody on any more. I don't really care. There is a moment when we have to transcend the side we're on and understand that we are creatures of a higher order.

Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug.