What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

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.

I know family comes first, but shouldn't that mean after breakfast?

God will never let you sink under your circumstances. He always provides a safety net and His love always encircles.

Obviously, if you don't love life, you can't enjoy an oyster.

Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life.

The Conservative sees in the free market the harmony of interests and rules of cooperation that also underlie the civil society.

What a strange world it is, where prisoners are left their weapons and the written word is a mortal danger.

We know you can bunt, Mick. You're not down here to bunt. You're here to get some hits and get your swing back.

Never get married in the morning, because you never know who you'll meet that night.

One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing.

Words strain, Crack and sometimes break, under the burden, Under the tension, slip, slide, perish, Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, Will not stay still.