All these young millionaires were anarchists, of course: when a man possesses everything it is the supreme luxury for him to deny society: for in that way he can evade his responsibilities

There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is, and to love it.

Most men are essentially dead by thirty.

Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day.

If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.

No one ever reads a book. He reads himself through books.

It is the artist's business to create sunshine when the sun fails.

One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved.

A hero is a man who does what he can.

Any man who is really a man must learn to be alone in the midst of others, to think alone for others, and, if necessary, against others.

Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it.

With peace of being, you can overcome any pain.

Growing up is when you understand you get what you give, not what you're given.

The many become one and are increased by one.

What can I do if everyone from the president to a junior bureaucrat is dying to convict me. If I am such a criminal, what was I doing outside jail before my marriage to Benazir?

Any comparison between the military dictatorship and democracy can only come from those who do not value the Brazilian democracy.

Most people eat as if they were fattening themselves for market.

America was born modern; it did not have to achieve modernity, nor did it have modernity thrust upon it.

Love commingled with hate is more powerful than love. Or hate.

My mom wasn't, like, she was reading all these historical romance novels the majority of the time. She read a feminist book and then my dad would sit down and explain it to her like she was an idiot.

She regarded books as the emblems of secret brotherhood. A man with this sort of library couldn't possibly hurt her.