For the more a man limits himself, the nearer he is on the other hand to what is limitless.

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.

Learn to love someone when they least deserve it, because that is when they need your love most.

The essential attributes of a great leader are a positive attitude, humility, and gratitude.

Though we might like to think so, humankind is not at any special, unique or privileged location in the gargantuan, perhaps infinite, Universe.

When the state itself is held to the same moral standards as everyone else, it dies. And that's a wonderful thing.

I have been wandering to find him and my happiness is so great that it even weakens me like a wound. And this is the marvel of marvels, that he called me Beloved, me who am but as a dog.

Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.

The face you have at age 25 is the face God gave you, but the face you have after 50 is the face you earned.

Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept.

Oh, deeply vulnerable as a woman - to love someone not knowing whether they love me in return.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.