Never looking anyone in the eye when you're traveling on public transport, in case it's interpreted as a sign that you're trying to get off with them.

We always have a tendency to see those things that do not exist and to be blind to the great lessons that are right there before our eyes.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

However good we are, however correctly we seek to lead our lives, tragedies do occur. We can blame others, look for justification, imagine how our lives would have been different without them. But none of that matters: they have happened, and that is that. From this point on, it is necessary that we review our own lives, overcome fear, and begin the process of reconstruction.

Whenever he saw the sea, or a fire, he fell silent, impressed by their elemental force.

We have lost contact with reality, the simplicity of life.

The only faults considered grave are the following: not respecting the rights of one's neighbor, letting oneself be paralyzed by fear, feeling guilty, thinking one does not deserve the good and bad which occurs in life, and being a coward.