Each man carries within him the soul of a poet who died young.

We are prudent people. We are afraid to let go of our petty reality in order to grasp at a great shadow.

I believe that for his escape he took advantage of the migration of a flock of wild birds.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

Treason implies responsibility for something, control over something, influence upon something, knowledge of something. Treason in our time is a proof of genius. Why, I want to know, are not traitors decorated?

Peace dies when the framework is ripped apart. When there is no longer a place that is yours in the world. When you know no longer where your friend is to be found.

I have always learned to distinguish the important from the urgent.