You can be sincere and still be stupid.

You must accept it as it is, and hence accept all consequences. A wall is indeed a wall.

The Golden Age is the most implausible of all dreams. But for it men have given up their life and strength; for the sake of it prophets have died and been slain; without it the people will not live and cannot die.

Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy, rather than in the coarse pleasures he indulges in today -- gluttony, fornication, ostentation, boasting, and envious vying with his neighbor? I am certain this is not a vain hope and that the day will come soon.

Catch several hares and you won't catch one.

To love another person is to see them as God intended them to be.

And if there's love, you can do without happiness too. Even with sorrow, life is sweet.