write with honesty and don't worry about the feelings of others, because no matter what you say, they'll hate you anyway.

Accept the children the way we accept trees—with gratitude, because they are a blessing—but do not have expectations or desires. You don’t expect trees to change, you love them as they are.

Nations should be governed by a council of learned men who must answer to the people for their actions.

Conceit is a privilege of the ignorant; the wise man is humble because he knows how little he knows.

Give, give, give-what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away?

When I write fiction, I never try to deliver a message; I just want to tell a story. But I admit that I want the story to be memorable and the characters to touch the reader's heart.

She intended to swallow the world and he lived crushed by reality.