Your will cannot always choose the path; very often the route is determined by chance or by the will of others.

Personal dignity is to be measured with the yardstick of one's conscience, not with that of other people's judgement.

It is certainly a good thing always to forgive with generosity, but it is no doubt just never to forget the wrongs received: they belong to the route that leads to inner maturity.

We learn a lot from the mistakes of others, but even more from our own.

Your identity is like your shadow: not always visible and yet always present.

A secret remains a secret until you make someone promise never to reveal it.

When you would suffocate or ignore dissent, remember how many times you dissented.