"The wisest keeps something of the vision of a child. Though he may understand a thousand things that a child could not understand, he is always a beginner, close to the original meaning of life."

"Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves."

"It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot change."

"I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music."

"Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves."

"If you choose not to decide -- you still have made a choice!"

"Monsieur l'abb??, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write."

"It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment."

"A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing."

"A long time ago, there was a man as misunderstood as we are and they nailed him to a fucking cross!"

"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down."

"It is better to live richly than to die rich."