What a man does in his own house cannot concern the nation.

A person's heart withers if it does not answer another heart.

The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To him... a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death.

It is better not to say "lend." There is only giving.

you seem to grieve for what is not so ... and there is no need to let your heart run ahead into evils that may never come.

Exclusion is always dangerous. Inclusion is the only safety if we are to have a peaceful world.

Fatalism is a false premise. What will be is not necessarily what must be.