We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life.

I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad.

Happiness is the intoxication produced by the moment of poise between a satisfactory past and an immediate future, rich with promise.

I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition.

Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.

The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.

I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.