Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.

In normal times all of us know, whether consciously or not, that there is no love which can't be bettered; nevertheless, we reconcile ourselves more or less easily to the fact that ours has never risen above the average.

To grow old is to pass from passion to compassion.

But - I cannot make a choice. I have my own sorrow, but I suffer with him, too; I share his pain. I understand all - that is my trouble.

Truth, like light, is blinding. Lies, on the other hand, are a beautiful dusk, which enhances the value of each object.