Suffering is part and parcel of extensive intelligence and a feeling heart.

The more stupid one is, the closer one is to reality. The more stupid one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless, while intelligence squirms and hides itself. Intelligence is unprincipled, but stupidity is honest and straightforward.

Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.

. . . finally, I couldn't imagine how I could live without books, and I stopped dreaming about marrying that Chinese prince. . . .

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

originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.

One could never judge a man without seeing him close, for oneself.