Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.
Custom, law bent my first years to the religion of the happy Muslims. I see it too clearly: the care taken of our childhood forms our feelings, our habits, our belief. By the Ganges I would have been a slave of the false gods, a Christian in Paris, a Muslim here.
Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
Better is the enemy of good.
The road to the heart is the ear
A little evil is often necessary for obtaining a great good.