I see this evident, that we willingly accord to piety only the services that flatter our passions.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Somewhere between love and hate lies confusion, misunderstanding and desperate hope.

Just because he's good at something, doesn't necessarily mean he likes doing it.->> Azuma-sensei, (Kimi to Boku, #1)

People tend to want to follow the beaten path. The difficulty is that the beaten path doesn't seem to be leading anywhere.

Canada, more than any nation, will be affected by rising sea levels from global warming.

The world is full of actors pretending to be human

My choice of a life of adventure may well have been a result of the fact that action raised my blood pressure giving me enough energy to live.

Obviously, education is hugely important, along with healthcare. They're the basics and you're hurting your own country if you don't pour money into them.

The best thing on translation was said by Cervantes: translation is the other side of a tapestry.

If the children already born each have only two children themselves ... in twenty-seven to thirty-five years the population of the world will double.

A little amateur painting in water colors shows the innocent and the quiet mind.