We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.

What goes up must come down.

Live for yourself and you will live in vain;Live for others, and you will live again.

First, then, God, being all-just, wishes to do justice; being all-wise, knows what justice is; being all-powerful, can do justice. Why then injustice?

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.

When all life is seen as divine, everyone grows wings.

In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion

I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

Pain don't hurt.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.