Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings.

The flower you single out is a rejection of all other flowers; nevertheless, only on these terms is it beautiful.

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

It was the contemplation of God that created men who were equal, for it was in God that they were equal.

What torments me is not the humps nor hollows nor the ugliness. It is the sight, a little bit in all these men, of Mozart murdered.

When one is building a ship, one does not begin with gathering timber and cutting planks, but rather by arousing in people the yearning for the great wide sea.

It is the savor of bread broken with comrades that makes us accept the values of war.