A new philosophy, a new way of life, is not given for nothing. It has to be paid dearly for and only acquired with much patience and great effort

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

Loving someone is different from being in love with someone. You can hate someone you're in love with

Remember, too, every day, and whenever you can, repeat to yourself, Lord, have mercy on all who appear before Thee today. For every hour and every moment thousands of men leave life on this earth, and their souls appear before God. And how many of them depart in solitude, unknown, sad, dejected that no one mourns for them or even knows whether they have lived or not!

The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.

I wanted to discuss the suffering of humanity in general, but perhaps we'd better confine ourselves to the sufferings of children.

Truly great men must, I think, experience great sorrow on the earth.