"If you are stone, be magnetic; if..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.”

“The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius, necessarily has deficiencies in his ideas.”

“Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.”

“Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand that they make of love.”

“We feel fortunate [with Canada hockey team]. We have got a lot of guys who love to play, but they also love to win even more. We are pretty happy. Although we are young, we like our group of players.”

“I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.”

“If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work a character of uselessness”

“In living through this great epoch, it is difficult to reconcile oneself to the fact that one belongs to that mad, degenerate species that boasts of its free will. How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will. In such a place even I should be an ardent patriot!”

“This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.”