 By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more. |
| We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible. |
| To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady. |
| Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never. |
| Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful. |
| A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession. Topics: Art |
| Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies. |
| Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves. |
| Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. |
| There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn. |
| There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed. |
| Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil. |
| The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind. |
| For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium. |
| Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators. |
| Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. |
| Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered. Topics: Art |
| It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money. |
| Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day. |
| You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. |
