The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, The Bores and the Bored.

Memory... is an internal rumour.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

Common sense is not so common.

Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven't had fourteen pairs in my life.

Each soul is potentially divine.

Comedy is acting out optimism.

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.

Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

Dare to risk public criticism.

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.