We are reduced to asking others what we are. We never dare to ask ourselves.

People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.

Freedom is the power to choose our own chains

The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?

Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.

I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.

No one is happy unless he respects himself.

Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.

I hide away in my room to seeJust what stories will come to me.

Music washes away the dust of every day life.

Emotional intelligence is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships.

The universe is gratis. It cannot be earned, nor need it be earned.

Live every act fully, as if it were your last.

Very few of my characters are based on people I've known. It is too constricting.

The soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then, with a continuous series of such thoughts as these - that where a man can live, there - if he will - he can also live well.

An object is not so attached to its name that we cannot find another one that would suit it better.

If you don't find a way to do something as work that is fulfilling and enjoyable, then your life is going to be really sad.