“Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.”

Almost everything comes from nothing.

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

Some people thrive on huge, dramatic change. Some people prefer the slow and steady route. Do what's right for you.

Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear. Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we…