In reality things reveal nothing to us. It is people who, by looking into at things, discover a way of penetrating the Soul of the World.

When we feel weak, all we have to do is wait a little while. The spring returns and the winter snows melt and fill us with new energy.

God, in his infinite wisdom, hid Hell in he middle of Paradise, to keep us on our toes.

I lived in a dictatorship in Brazil, and I was arrested three times. I felt in my flesh what it is to live under such a regime and experience deprivation of freedom.

A man is at his strongest when he is willing to accept his vulnerability

If you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.

Any man who, having planted a vineyard, has not yet reaped the benefits should do so at once, so that he does not die in the struggle and leave it for another to enjoy.