...the more he did nothing, the less time he had to do anything.

If you see that some aspect of your society is bad, and you want to improve it, there is only one way to do so: you have to improve people. And in order to improve people, you begin with only ONE thing: you can become better yourself.

Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deceiver!

The true meaning of Christ's teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life, and therefore not admitting any exceptions.

It's all God's will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.

I felt a wish never to leave that room - a wish that dawn might never come, that my present frame of mind might never change.

What is important is not the quantity of your knowledge but its quality. You can know many things without knowing the most important.