He is no longer a city dweller who has even once in his life caught a ruff or seen how, on clear and cool autumn days, flocks of migrating thrushes drift over a village. Until his death he will be drawn to freedom.

No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.

Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.

I've never been in love. I've dreamt of it day and night, but my heart is like a fine piano no one can play because the key is lost.

To make a face from marble means to remove from the slab everything that is not the face

Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.

Our pride and self-importance are European, while our development and actions are Asiatic.