Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Nothing in this world is to be feared... only understood.

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.

A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.

We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

The perfect marriage is a uniting of three persons—a man and a woman and God. That is what makes marriage holy.

If I have been given any gift in this life, it’s my ability to live simultaneously in the rational world and the world of imagination.

She felt trapped, but she didn't have to. The world is wide open and ready, waiting for us to escape this bubble and join it.

Hopelessness makes you a futile wanderer. Hope makes your life a wonder

When I first began writing In the Country of Men all I had was the voice of the protagonist. He intrigued me and my desire to want to know him and his world became almost compulsive.

I have learnt not to make plans in life, because a lot of time you make a plan that is not going to work for you

The whole of salvation history is the story of God looking for us: he offers us love and welcomes us with tenderness.

Where something becomes extremely difficult and unbearable, there we also stand always already quite near its transformation.

I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.

Whenever an actor was going to die, I tried to help them understand not to take it personally. It wasn't about them. It's the story.