Do you know what it's like to be condemned to love?

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.

What was my truth worth, if I was prepared to defend the entire world, but not those who were close to me? If I subdued hate, but wouldn't give love a chance?

The hardest thing of all is when pain is hidden behind a mask of calm.

In a war the most dangerous thing is to understand the enemy. To understand is to forgive.

The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent'.

In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects - must inevitably find their analogues in music.

And the meek shall inherit the earth.

The man who procrastinates is always struggling with misfortunes.

I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.

If I'm not complaining, I'm not having a good time, hah hah!

I'm just going to be me.

I haven't been abroad in so long that I almost speak English without an accent now.

There's only the integrity of doing and having done.

The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.