Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell.

No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.

If the flame inside you goes out, the souls that are next to you will die of cold.

Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.

That is the mystery of grace: it never comes too late.

The scapegoat has always had the mysterious power of unleashing man's ferocious pleasure in torturing, corrupting, and befouling.

Doubt is nothing but a trivial agitation on the surface of the soul, while deep down there is a calm certainty.

A cemetery saddens us because it is the only place of the world in which we do not meet our dead again.

There is no accident in our choice of reading. All our sources are related.

A writer is essentially a man who does not resign himself to loneliness.

Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures.

Your head is a lit chamber.

Dream big and see further! Sharpen your eyes

We've got babies raising babies, and it's important for us as responsible adults to go out and do what we can to make sure that our kids are steered in the right direction.

It's hard to watch something go on and be talking at the same time.

I glory in this world of men and women, torn with troubles, yet living on to love and laugh through it all.

With languages, you are at home anywhere

Getting anything off the ground is going to require a little bit of risk. That risk starts with sharing the idea.

In the future, I will make certain that I commit to projects so there's enough breathing space for me to have an emotional life.

All humans have fear, and those of us who are fortunate have faith.

Fuel conservation is a necessity, and I have to be the first person to set the example.