I don't know what I feel or what I want to feel. I don't know what to think or what I am.

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

It's been a long time since I've been me.

I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

Wise men profit more by fools than fools by wise men.

If of thy mortal goods thoU art bereft And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left Sell one and with the dole Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.

Healing is not necessarily about curing. As your inner light grows - anything is possible.

If there is to be no loss whatever of dignity or self-respect in getting and staying on relief, then there can be no gain in dignity or self-respect in makings some sacrifices to keep off.

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to.

War was a hellish, horrible hideous thing - too horrible and hideous to happen in the twentieth century between civilised nations.

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are close around us.

Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is just fine as long as its contained.

One of greatest thieves this world has is procrastination, and he is still at large. Are we aiding and abetting the criminal?

Human beings can get used to virtually anything, given plenty of time and no choice in the matter whatsoever.