Highest Providence often works a wonderful miracle: that of having evil men make others who are evil to become good.
What is reason given me for, if I am not to use it to avoid bringing unhappy beings into the world!
A person who has spoiled his stomach will criticize his meal saying that the food is bad; the same thing happens with people who are not satisfied with their lives
Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
You consider war to be inevitable? Very good. Let everyone who advocates war be enrolled in a special regiment of advance-guards, for the front of every storm, of every attack, to lead them all!
I don't allow myself to doubt myself even for a moment.
By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings.
My perfect night would be going out to an awesome restaurant, then heading over to the Comedy Cellar to hang out with other comics, drinking beers and making fun of each other.
The challenge is to become part of the struggle, to make a positive difference.
Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?
There is no overacting, only untrue acting.