Every person who ever thought he had a right to assert, and went boldly and asserted it, himself, or jointly with others that shared his convictions, was a direct actionist.

We all owe death a life.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

Pain don't hurt.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included