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?

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

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.

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up - that growing is an ever ongoing process.

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

As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.