forgive me also that I didn't fight like Lord Byron for the happiness of captive peoples that I watched only risings of the moon and museums

No time to grieve for roses when the forests are burning.

And if the City falls and one survives he shall carry the City within on the roads of exile he shall be the City

Be courageous when the mind deceives you Be courageous In the final account only this is important

I turn to history not for lessons but to confront my experience with the experience of others and to win for myself a sense of responsibility for the state of the human conscience.

Study the world's skin before you set out to look for its heart.

Even if we love someone very much, at times it happens that we forget about it.

I thank You Lord for creating the world beautiful and various and if this is Your seduction I am seduced for good and past all forgiveness

I could write a treatise on the sudden transformation of life into archaeology

The dead have need of fairy tales too.

Influencing is just not about listening and speaking, it’s the game of interpretation.

Last night I danced with a stranger, but she just reminded me you were the one.

My children keep me real and keep me honest.

Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.

Now, if I had an Indian name, it would be "Stands in Confusion".

Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences.

When the case against me was dropped, the police simply said "no further action". They do that with everybody.

What is this universe but name and form?

The world is full of resonances. It constitutes a cosmos of things exerting a spiritual action. The dead matter is a living spirit.

I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.