Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. A mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.

I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.

I don't know Who, or what, put the question, I don't know when it was put. I don't even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone, or Something,and from that hour I was certain that existence is meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in self-surrender, had a goal.

It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.

Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day.

In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.