“When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.”

It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.

When love has fused and mingled two beings in sacred and angelic unity, the secret of life has been discovered so far as they are concerned.

Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.

A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in – what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God.

Wisdom is the health of the soul.

Life’s great happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

Toleration is the best religion.

People do not lack strength, they lack will.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

Love is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.

Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.

Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead. I shall feel it.

If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness

The politician is the creature of the public sentiment — never goes ahead of it because he depends on it . . .

We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.

The problem that has no name-which is simply the fact that American women are kept from growing to their full human capacities-is taking a far greater toll on the physical and mental health of our country than any known disease.

Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice.

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.

It’s a well-known fact: in order to follow doctor’s orders, you have to be healthy as a horse.

Sometimes I don’t like my thighs or stomach, but whenever I get caught up in that, I always focus on the fact that I’m healthy now.