Charity ... is the opium of the privileged.

Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

God creates, I do not create. I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it - from what I see, from what the dancers can do, from what others do.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's; but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.

Courage is grace under pressure.

If you follow every dream, you might get lost.