The transept belfry and the two towers were to him three great cages, the birds in which, taught by him, would sing for him alone. Yet it was these same bells which had made him deaf; but mothers are often fondest of the child who has made them suffer most.
The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.
Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
To love is the half of to believe.
Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.
Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.