And so in that very shame I suddenly begin a hymn.

In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we.

You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best education of all.

Everything will come in due course, if you have the gumption to wait for it.

A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others.

Since I wasn't consulted at the time of the creation of the world, I reserve for myself the right to have my own opinion about it.

Of course I shall go astray often...for who does not make mistakes? But I cannot go far wrong for I have seen the truth.