Everything in life is nonsense. It's just a question of perspective.

People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.

Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.

Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.

Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it.

There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.

Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval.

The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.

Books hold no passports. There's only one true literary tradition: the human.

Paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art.

Spirituality gives strength of spirit.

The shining forth of God’s kingdom is a sign of restoration

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

Despite all our toil and progress, the art of medicine still falls somewhere between trout casting and spook writing.

People seem good while they are oppressed, but they only wish to become oppressors in their turn: life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

Told her she was beautiful. Didn't give up when she didn't believe me.

If you plan to read one book this year I encourage you to consider, Find Your Reason to Be Here.

It's like love. When you look too hard, you don't find it. When you let it happen naturally, it comes.

Leisure unmasks our weaknesses.

That's a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.