He was a sceptic, he was young, abstract, and therefore cruel.

The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely.

Suffering is part and parcel of extensive intelligence and a feeling heart.

Was it all put into words, or did both understand that they had the same thing at heart and in their minds, so that there was no need to speak of it aloud, and better not to speak of it?

The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.

Through error you come to the truth! I am a man because I err! You never reach any truth without making fourteen mistakes and very likely a hundred and fourteen.

You see I kept asking myself then: why am I so stupid that if others are stupid—and I know they are—yet I won't be wiser?

I drink because I wish to multiply my sufferings.

One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find.

Embrace love and compassion with all your spirit. Understand that they never hurt or offend, they just heal and empower.

First, in a love song, or any song for that matter, using a plastic word like "inhibitions" is just completely without feel or texture. It demonstrates a tin ear for communication.

O people who take pleasure in a life that will vanish, falling in love with a fading shadow is sheer stupidity

Seems like the only kind of job an American can get these days is committing suicide in some way.

There’s the feeling, and the right reading - that’s all you really need to know; the right light and the feeling.

By staying calm, you increase your resistance against any kind of storms.

Secular music was not allowed in our household.

We should have but one desire today - the desire to die so that India may live - the desire to face a martyr's death, so that the path to freedom may be paved with the martyr's blood.

The library is central to our free society. It is a critical element in the free exchange of information at the heart of our democracy.