We obtained literature by our own efforts, it is a product of our own life, and that is why we love it so much and hold it so dear, why we pin our hopes on it.

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.

Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.

The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!

The soul is healed by being with children.

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

But how could you live and have no story to tell?

If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.

I had this daft idea to come and bury the past. Except the past is not quite dead.

What can you answer? Now be careful, don’t arouse my spite, Or with my slipper I’ll take you napping, faces slappingLeft and right.

Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written

Before you are beginning your first step, let's pray first.

I can't know everything, pretend you're an orphan.

If we take care of the inches, we will not have to worry about the miles.

We (San Francisco) have football weather during baseball season, and baseball weather during football season.

This is what heaven's gonna be like. Not just a white church or a black church, but people.

It's clearly more fun to make the rules than to follow them.

Their silent wounds have speech More eloquent than men; Their tones can deeper reach Than human voice or pen.