Times of crisis, of disruption or constructive change, are not only predictable, but desirable. They mean growth. Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

The more incompetent one feels, the more eager he is to fight.

We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'.

Granted I am a babbler, a harmless vexatious babbler, like all of us. But what is to be done if the direct and sole vocation of every intelligent man is babble, that is, the intentional pouring of water through a sieve?

Man is a creature that can get accustomed to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.

Love a man, even in his sin, for that love is a likeness of the divine love, and is the summit of love on earth.

Everywhere I am the object of an unbelievable esteem, the interest in me is, quite simply, tremendous.