Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.

Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.

Only one feat is possible: not to have run away.

Be grateful as your deeds become less and less associated with your name, as your feet ever more lightly tread the earth.

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

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.

At some moment I did answer "Yes" to someone or something. And from that hour on I was certain that existence is meaningful.