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.

Peacekeeping is not a job for soldiers, but only soldiers can do it.

Life yields only to the conqueror.

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.

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.

If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of this and not remain in your debt long.

To reach perfection, we must all pass, one by one, through the death of self-effacement.