When writing poetry, it is not that produces a bright idea, but the bright idea that kindles the fire of.

Childhood is not only the childhood we really had but also the impressions we formed of it in our adolescence and maturity. That is why childhood seems so long. Probably every period of life is multiplied by our reflections upon the next.

All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.

Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial thing, commonplace, uncalled for, natural as air. It is intangible; no one can grasp it or fight against it; it dwells in time - is the same thing as time; if it comes in fits and starts, that is only so as to leave the sufferer more defenseless during the moments that follow, those long moments when one relives the last bout of torture and waits for the next.

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.

Woman gives herself as a prize to the weak and as a prop to the strong and no man ever has what he should.