...when an old person dies, a whole library disappears.

There is the churning and the boiling of the sea, and the foam on top of it and that is what man is, churning and foam together.

All rivers, even the most dazzling, those that catch the sun in their course, all rivers go down to the ocean and drown. And life awaits man as the sea awaits the river.

Here, like everywhere else, laughing and singing, dancing and dreaming are not exactly the whole of reality; and for one ray of sun shining on the hut, the rest of the village remains in the dark.

Men are strong, women are smart, but no matter how smart, their bellies are always there to betray women and that's their downfall.

Concentrate on what is important, not what is urgent.

He who has wisdom, out of his mouth comes knowledge.

Focus on relationships in your communities and God will come up spiritual conversations will emerge and real needs will come to light.

The choice of a man defines is paths.

Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are your ready?'

It was my duty to have loved the highest; It surely was my profit had I known: It would have been my pleasure had I seen. We needs must love the highest when we see it, Not Lancelot, nor another.

Know something, sugar? Stories only happen to people who can tell them.

It began to drizzle rain and he turned on the windshield wipers; they made a great clatter like two idiots clapping in church.

All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else.

I knew Id always be a second-rate academic, and I thought, Well, Id rather be a second-rate novelist or even a third-rate one.