The truth is that life is hard and dangerous; that he who seeks his own happiness does not find it; that he who is weak must suffer; that he who demands love will be disappointed; that he who is greedy will not be fed; that he who seeks peace will find strife; that truth is only for the brave; that joy is only for him who does not fear to be alone; that life is only for the one who is not afraid to die.

Reality is a narrow little house which becomes a prison to those who can't get out of it.

Of all things I find most unbearable is the injustice of one generation to another.

Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too.

Where can one find a profounder desolation than in the poor child who has lost its mother?

Politics is like navigation in a sea without charts, and wise men live the lives of pilgrims.

When a woman gets the idea of justice, there's no teaching her any sense.