Quotes

If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise.

This is not the life of simplicity but the life of multiplicity that the wise men warn us of.

I find there is a quality to being alone that is incredibly precious.

Only love can be divided endlessly and still not diminish.

Patience, patience, patience, is what the sea teaches.

I want to go on living even after my death!

In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.

Because paper has more patience than people.

I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself.

I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.