There's no disillusionment like learning that forbidden fruit can be unpleasant.

You can't remain inactive in the face of injustice without, to some extent, being guilty of it.

I always feel sorry for people who think more about a rainy day ahead than sunshine today.

The strength of weak people constantly appalls me. Have you ever seen a vine kill an oak tree? Deadly.

People who praise illness as bringing out the best in people ought to have their heads examined. Pain forces you to think about yourself, directs your interest to your own body and what is happening to it. You don't reach out benevolently, filled with good will for others. You don't seem to care enough. Pain makes you a little person, not a big one, and not a nice one, except perhaps in the case of saints, and I've never known one.

a fair degree of literacy of speech ... is increasingly rare in politicians and not necessarily regarded as an asset.

minutes weren't given you to save but to spend. This is yours - now. Stop and live it.