The heart becomes heroic through passion. It is no longer composed of anything but what is pure; it no longer rests upon anything but what is elevated and great.

A one-eyed man is much more incomplete than a blind man, for he knows what it is that's lacking.

There is no vacuum in the human heart. Certain demolitions take place, and it is well that they do, but on condition that they are followed by reconstructions.

If you look in the eyes of the young, you see flame. If you look in the eyes of the old, you see light.

Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can.

No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.

Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God.