She was a pixie, a fairy, full of imagination and in another world.

She told a story of being so fixated on the beautiful features of a playmate that she collided with a tree and skinned her own face.

Children read their favorite books to death, she said. They are careless in their devotions. They rip the pages, scribble, and spill things on them. And they are demon book thieves.

With a single leap, you can change your entire life.

People will ask you the question 'how is life treating you?' But my question is 'how are you treating life?' On that your happiness rests

The world is vast, beautiful, and fascinating… even awe-inspiring, but impersonal. It demands nothing of me, and allows me to demand nothing of it.

There should be no inferiors and no superiors for true world friendship.

When I joined the militia I had promised myself to kill one Fascist - after all, if each of us killed one they would soon be extinct.

He who runs may see that opium and such other intoxicants and narcotics stupefy a man's soul and reduce him to a level lower than that of beasts.

It is possible for even the smallest of accolades of achievement to be truly worthwhile without tears and toil?

If an unexpected temptation comes, don't blame the one through whom it came, but seek out the reason. Thus you will find correction for your soul.

The Cross will be for us as it was for Christ: proof of the greatest love.

I was musically baptized by the black founding fathers of rock-and-roll, and like all real music lovers, the music changed, enriched, upgraded and fortified our lives forever.