There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.

How can you give a man a room in a house and not let him come through the front door?

Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.

Sometimes I would almost rather have people take years of my life than take away a moment.

When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.

Fate carries its own clock.

To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil.

I never ask myself how I do what I do. After all, how does it rain?

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.

I see their souls, and I hold them in my hands, and because I love them they weigh nothing.

You can taste a word.

The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.

The deed of love is stronger than words

There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it.

I discuss humanity and not races.

Sometimes you think the whole world is falling, and it's only yourself that's leaning.

A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.

I hate labels, and I wear no labels. When a man has to put something around his neck and say I am, he isn't.