Denis Diderot

If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.

The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.

I think that, in almost all human beings, there is buried a profound tribal instinct that makes us very susceptible to being aroused to patriotic fervour.

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.

As for theatre, there's ups and downs to everything. Theatre is ephemeral. But that is part of its charm because you can always say the production was better than it was.