Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.

I learned to trust the threats of enemies before the promises of friends.

There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.

Acutely aware of the poverty of my means, language became obstacle. At every page I thought, 'That's not it.' So I began again with other verbs and other images. No, that wasn't it either. But what exactly was that it I was searching for? It must have been all that eludes us, hidden behind a veil so as not to be stolen, usurped and trivialized. Words seemed weak and pale.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

I am much more afraid of my good deeds that please me than of my bad deeds that repel me.