If it's possible to do something, sooner or later someone's going to do it.

That's the way it goes sometimes: in order to help your friends, first you have to help your enemy. Better get used to it.

Great knowledge brings great sorrow.

We are our own gods and our own demons.

You're a big boy, you ought to understand that punctual transport, public order and safe streets, polite people and good medical services are all the achievements of dictatorship.

Love is happiness, but only when you believe it will last forever. Even though every time it turns out to be a lie, it’s only faith that gives love its strength and its joy.

Nobody can be forced to commit an act of villainy. You can't push anybody into the mud; people always step into it themselves.