“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.”
“The most difficult thing is to do nothing.”
“Man is what he believes.”
“If you want to be happy, be.”
“You must ask yourself the question: Who am I? What am I doing here?”
“Any idiot can face a crisis—it’s day to day living that wears you out.”
“People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.”
“A man takes pride in his work and his accomplishments, but what can a man do without pride?”
“There is no happiness in life, there is only a mirage, a flickering shadow on the wall.”
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
“The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.”
“It’s not what I have been, but what I will be, that matters.”
“Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.”
“The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are.”
“When a man is in love, he has the courage to do things that he would never dream of doing otherwise.”
“Love, friendship, and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.”
“The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.”
“The task of a writer is not to solve the problems of life, but to express them.”
“A person who is well-educated, well-travelled, and well-read is a person who can afford to live with joy.”
“It is not the most difficult task to speak the truth; it is the most difficult task to hear the truth.”
“A good book is one that you cannot put down, a great book is one that you never want to end.”
“Time is a great healer, but a poor beautician.”
“A man who is in love should be as delicate as a man who has to take care of a fragile bird.”
“I am not a doctor, I am a writer. I can help people to understand and cope with their pain.”
“Life is a struggle, but it’s worth the fight.”
“In every situation, there is always a sense of humor to be found.”
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
“Human beings are made to love and not to be loved.”
“There is nothing more difficult than a man’s search for happiness.”
“The only way to survive a difficult time is to find meaning in it.”
“Love is the most important thing in the world. It’s the one thing that transcends all boundaries.”
“The more a man sees, the less he knows.”
“A writer is a person who can turn pain into art.”
“The greatest sorrow in life is to have the knowledge of all that you will never know.”
“If you want to change the world, start by changing yourself.”
“No one ever changes their mind on their own, they need to be shown another way.”
“Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.”
“An artist must know how to look into the soul of their work and their subjects.”
“A good story is one that stays with you long after it ends.”
“Without a sense of humor, life would be too much to bear.”
“People can become accustomed to anything, even to happiness.”
“A man has two reasons for doing anything—his own, and the real reason.”
“You can’t have a successful life if you don’t accept the fact that things are always changing.”
“The world is full of those who have had a lot of opportunities, but few who make use of them.”
“Life is a short journey, but full of possibilities.”
“To live without hope is to cease to live.”
“Happiness is a state of mind, not a result of circumstances.”
“Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”
“We learn best in times of difficulty.”