Something indefinite is always worse than something definite, a strong fear that doesn't last very long is easier than one that's nebulous but doesn't go away.

In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.

Truth to tell, we are all criminals if we remain silent.

It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own existence.

Freedom is not possible without authority - otherwise it would turn into chaos and authority is not possible without freedom - otherwise it would turn into tyranny.

All I know is that I shall be alone again. There is nothing more terrible than to be alone among human beings.

There is nothing more vindictive, nothing more underhanded, than a little world that would like to be a big one.

In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.

Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.

Hairdressers are professional gossips; when only the hands are busy, the tongue is seldom still.

My path was predetermined by God.

You are a prisoner of conformity when you care about what other people think.

The first and most important thing that God requires of a man is to bear responsibility for future generations

Your eyes hide a tenderness that is more sensitive than all the red roses of the world.

It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.

The really historical performance would talk to ghosts.

If we will measure other people's corn in our own bushel, let us first take it to the Divine standard, and have it sealed.

When the audience leaves, I'd like them to feel positive when they go.

I learned running the government for the Presidency, which I always thought was difficult, is even more difficult than I thought.

When you demand nothing of the world, nor of God, when you want nothing, seek nothing, expect nothing, then the supreme state will come to you uninvited and unexpected.