So long as there are men there will be wars.
Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of Humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
We know too much and feel too little. At least, we feel too little of those creative emotions from which a good life springs.
No ideas and the ability to express them? That's a journalist.
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.
Death solves all problems - no man, no problem.
The wastebasket is a writer's best friend.
We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.
We need more understanding of human nature, because the only real danger that exists is man himself.
You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
A good listener is usually thinking about something else.
It isn't enough for you to love money - it's also necessary that money should love you.
The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it.
In communism, man oppresses man. In capitalism, it's the other way around.
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind.
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence and obsolescence.
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced, and partakes of the nature of a protest.
The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.
Many men would take the death-sentence without a whimper to escape the life-sentence which fate carries in her other hand.
Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.
Faith: The opposite of dogmatism.
Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market.
Abortion is a skillfully marketed product sold to women at a crisis time in their life. If the product is defective, she can't return it for a refund.
My favorite animal is steak.
An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth.
It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.
Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
France is France and a grand place for Frenchman.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life.
Love conquers everything, let us, too, yield to love.
I'm not sure I want popular opinion on my side -- I've noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts.
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book.
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake somebody.
When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.
Our modern wars make many unhappy while they last and make no one happy when they are finished.
Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.
