Sorrow has no hierarchy. Suffering is not a sport. There is no final ranking.
Proper form, polished to perfection, becomes mystical.
It is by doing nothing that we destroy those precious jewel boxes that are our families.
If I do not please, I cannot seduce. If I do not seduce, I cannot influence. If I do not influence, I repent.
I do not perform miracles. I simply find myself at the center of coincidences.
God listens to those who are close by.
Fanaticism and obtuseness are one and the same thing.
You can weaken the strong. I’ve been doing that my whole life. But there is one thing you can not do. Give strength to the fragile.[to Sofia]
What do you want to do, Bauer? Assassinate the pope? There would be no point. He would just rise again.
Man cannot be changed, but he can be diverted.
Makeup is not about looking better. It’s about starting anew.
If you can rule the emotion of your fellow man, he will follow you wherever you please. This is called power.