Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

If you wish to meet and speak with god, you must first try to tame a wild tiger with a feather and a stick.

Without a rest, test yourself against the best, and then try to find a way to be better.

It's all about vanity, isn't it? I think it says something about people if they can't do it

A righteous God isn't bound by time. He has an eternity to make things right.

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.

Your poetry is lonely. And yet, you write to feel less alone

When my son came into my life, my priorities changed, because I wanted to have the relationship with him, that I didn't have with my father.

Once we were one person, and always it will be a little that way.

Tolerance is an attitude of reasoned patience toward evil... a forbearance that restrains us from showing anger or inflicting punishment. Tolerance applies only to persons... never to truth.

The biggest pitfall as you make your way through your life is impatience.