To certain people there comes a day when they must say the great Yes or the great No.

And if you can't shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade it.

When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge.

My life has been awaiting you. Your footfall was my own heart's beat.

Have Ithaka always in your mind. Your arrival there is what you are destined for. But don't in the least hurry the journey.

And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not deceived you. Wise as you have become, with so much experience, you must already have understood what these Ithacas mean.

What shall become of us without any barbarians? Those people were a kind of solution.

Body, remember not only how much you were loved, not only the beds you lay on, but also those desires glowing openly in eyes that looked at you, trembling for you in voices.

From all I did and all I said let no one try to find out who I was.

One candle is enough. Its gentle light will be more suitable, will be more gracious when the Shades arrive, the Shades of Love.

If you are one of the truly elect, be careful how you attain your eminence.

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

A writer is not so much someone who has something to say as he is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things he would not have thought of if he had not started to say them.

If we don’t do anything to change the lives of our people and our country, we live a vain life

He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstances.

I'll protect my Clan, whatever it takes.

God could not keep, as it were, the secret of His love, and the telling of it was creation.

Belief was immune to logic; it operated by its own laws.

Because you're a woman, the music industry puts you in another corner. I want to be fighting with the men. I want to be amongst the men, topless, throwing things onstage. Pitchfork: Whe

Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.

Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.