My joy is as painful as my pain.

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.

Writing isn't black magic. You just have to come up with an idea...

A mind with questions is a mind open to understanding.

Isolation is a way to know ourselves.

If the knock once and door remain lock, do not turn away. With persistent knocks, the door will be open.

We can reach our world, if we will. The greatest lack today is not people or funds. The greatest need is prayer.

I could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but I wasn't that way growing up.

Man is created free, and is free, even though born in chains.

Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the change in the character of war, not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after the changes occur.

The wisest man is the silent one. Examine his actions. Judge him by them.

I fear no secret of a person I trust, and he has no need to fear mine. It is part of being friends.