I want to reconcile myself with heaven, I want to love, I want to pray, I want to believe in good.

Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.

I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me, and I learned to hate.

Afraid of decision, I buried my finer feelings in the depths of my heart and they died there.

An unusual beginning must have an unusual end.

He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.

Women love only those whom they do not know!

We almost always forgive those we understand.

What is this eternity to me without you? What is the infinity of my domains? Empty ringing words, A spacious temple - without a divinity!

I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectatorOf my triumph or my doom.

In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.

A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.

... where there's one there's ten.'That's crazy math.

If we shrug our shoulders at the avoidable suffering of the weak and the poor, of those who are getting exploited and ripped off, we are not the left.

They say things about these woods...that there are strange things living here.

It was possible to love life, without loving your life.

Simulated ardor is a shameful form of lying.

I think it's that everyday training that is what's really important.

The only way not to worry about the race problem is to be doing something about it yourself. When you are, natural human vanity makes you feel that now the thing is in good hands.

To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training.