"She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression."

"The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say My tooth is aching than to say “My heart is broken."

"If you never take risks, you'll never accomplish great things. Everybody dies, but not everyone has lived."

"Life is too deep for words, so don't try to describe it, just live it."

"If you live for the next world, you get this one in the deal; but if you live only for this world, you lose them both."

"We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship."