Two things are terrible in childhood: helplessness (being in other people's power) and apprehension - the apprehension that something is being concealed from us because it is too bad to be told.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

We are minor in everything but our passions.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

You gain control over any situation with a positive outlook.

Do not despise little beginnings. It'll all make sense as you're staring at an opportunity that you realize the difficult moments merely prepared you for.

For better or worse, he was my soul mate. The other half of me. In many ways, he was my reflection.

Why bother with Google when I have a wife who knows everything about everything!

Man can be conditioned to behave in almost every desired way; but only "almost.

Gide says the hell of this life is that between a hundred paths we have to choose only one, and live with nostalgia for the other ninety nine.

The most important issue of the 21st century will be the condition of the global environment.

Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.

I started hitting the ball a lot better a few weeks ago, and just the putter wasn't working. And putting a new putter in the bag last week, it just helped.

The true value of networking doesn't come from how many people we can meet but rather how many people we can introduce to others.