Truth is what most contradicts itself.

The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.

A woman's best love letters are always written to the man she is betraying.

Prohibitions create the desire they were intended to cure.

Music is only love looking for words.

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

We are all hunting for rational reasons for believing in the absurd.

To write a poem is like trying to catch a lizard without its tail falling off.

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will-whatever we may think.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

As a result of this greed for power, the poor is not only silenced but also oppressed.

What we see and believe about our self is what life will give back in return.

Voicing out your concerns in a calmly way is a great thing to do and it helps and saves lives of those who can't speak up.

Every action we take everything we do is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror

I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy.

A skeptic is a person who, when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it is a forgery.

Love is not greedy or self-seeking, but pure, faithful and genuinely free, open to others, respectful of their dignity, seeking their good, radiating joy and beauty.

To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders...It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.

I've entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.