What good is a book that does not even transport us beyond all books?

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.

From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.

I am still a learner, not a teacher, feeding somewhat omnivorously, browsing both stalk & leaves

The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.

Death is the ultimate weapon of the tyrant; resurrection does not make a covenant with death, it overthrows it.

War was never so careful as to inflict suffering only where it was merited.

Someone spilled the ink on the canvas. Now boasts: "I painted the night".

Education is what you learn in books, and nobody knows you know it but your teacher.

It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.