We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.

Actually, the true story of a person's life can never be written. It is beyond the power of literature. The full tale of any life would be both utterly boring and utterly unbelievable.

I was brought up to believe in free will. Although I came to doubt all revelation, I can never accept the idea that the Universe is a physical or chemical accident, a result of blind evolution. Even though I learned to recognize the lies, the clichés and the idolatries of the human mind, I still cling to some truths which I think all of us might accept some day.

Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything.

It is written, better to be a fool all your days than for one hour to be evil. You are not a fool. They are the fools. For he who causes his neighbor to feel shame loses Paradise himself.

Literature is the memory of humanity.

What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.