A word is nothing unless it has values and an atmosphere, unless you grasp its historical significance.

In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.

Truth to tell, we are all criminals if we remain silent.

It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own existence.

Freedom is not possible without authority - otherwise it would turn into chaos and authority is not possible without freedom - otherwise it would turn into tyranny.

All I know is that I shall be alone again. There is nothing more terrible than to be alone among human beings.

There is nothing more vindictive, nothing more underhanded, than a little world that would like to be a big one.

In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.

Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.

Hairdressers are professional gossips; when only the hands are busy, the tongue is seldom still.

Momentarily forgetting how wind works, Lex tried spitting at him. This failed

Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.

In reality I said nothing at all, but I heard a murmur, something gone wrong with the silence, and I pricked up my ears, like an animal I imagine, which gives a start and pretends to be dead.

After a while I started to think of that as an image of something that went a lot deeper than the dead dog, which is you can't bring back anything to life.

Look, I can carry a baby! I'm gaining weight right, everything's going well.

Medicine is aptly described as an art, not a science. To this end, four different doctors may have up to four different diagnoses or prescriptions.

New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.

A concert is a concert is a concert is a concert. An album is an album is an album is an album. Musically, both have nothing in common.

If we develop the force of will, we shall find that we do not need the force of arms.

Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.