Which one of us has never felt, walking through the twilight or writing down a date from his past, that he has lost something infinite?

So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.

Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.

I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.

I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.

The worst labyrinth is not that intricate form that can entrap us forever, but a single and precise straight line

The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library . . . Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

True Martial Arts is universal, simple and practical. Anything else is too complex to be used in combat.

Follow reason but don’t ignore that gut feeling. We create reasons with our limited knowledge and experience, but gut feelings often come from universal knowledge.

Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.

If you want to look like the people next door, you're probably smothering yourself into your dreams.

There should be a balance between material and spiritual progress, a balance achieved through the principles based on love and compassion.

I am fearless when I think I'm alone.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

Oh no. Oh God. I couldn't possibly be so stupid." "Don't limit yourself. You can be anything you wish.

There must be public servants who are working regularly among the people.

Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today's problems are a result of yesterday's solutions.