. . . if there is a way for the world to be transformed for the better, it can only be done by pessimism; optimists will never change the world for the better.

When all is said and done, what is clear is that all lives end before their time.

The church has never been asked to explain anything, our speciality, along with ballistics, has always been the neutralisation of the overly curious mind through faith.

I was a good pupil at primary school: in the second class I was writing with no spelling mistakes, and the third and fourth classes were done in a single year.

Consciences keep silence more often than they should, that's why laws were created.

The wise man contents himself with what he has, until such time as he invents something better.

That it's possible not to see a lie even when it's in front of us.