I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.

Life is good, after all...and that's what stays with me, even now, even when I'm about to be packed off to Poland.

That fear of missing out on things makes you miss out on everything.

I don't think I have nerves of steel, far from it, but I can certainly stand up to things. I am not afraid to look suffering straight in the eyes.

Suffering has always been with us; does it really matter in what form it comes? All that matters is how we bear it and how we fit it into our lives.

I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.

It is the only thing we can do. Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks he ought to destroy in others. And remember that every atom of hate that we add to this world makes it sill more inhospitable