Life writes the poetry, but it will always call for witnesses and scribes alike to tattoo its echoes upon the ghosts of trees.

Love can be a very frightening thing.”“That is why most great love stories are tragedies.

Stupidity is a personal achievement which transcends national boundaries.

I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full; I have to surrender myself to what encircles me, I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am.

There really is no time for wallowing in the miseries of life: we don’t have all the time in the world, we have all the world, and not enough time.

I've been very fortunate to dodge a nickname throughout my entire career. I've never had one.

I don't think you should ever insult people unintentionally: if you're doing it, you ought to mean it.

There's nothing like a hardship song to set my toes a-tappin.

Without water we are nothing", the traveler thought. "Even an emperor, denied water, would swiftly turn to dust. Water is the real monarch and we are all its slaves.

War is the supreme form of prestige.

One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief.