It is difficult to believe in the dreadful but quiet war lurking just below the serene facade of nature.

Often a cold shudder has run through me$$$ and I have asked myself whether I may have not devoted myself to a fantasy.

Money$$$ it is often said$$$ does not bring happiness; it must be added$$$ however$$$ that it makes it possible to support unhappiness with exemplary fortitude.

One learns one's mystery at the price of one's innocence.

Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence.

Love affairs are for emotional sprinters; the pleasures of love are for the emotional marathoners.

You are so brave and quiet$$$ I forget you are suffering.

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

I say 'no' to drugs. Whenever someone asks me for some of my drugs I say$$$ 'no.'

So long as people give priority to material values$$$ then injustice$$$ inequity$$$ intolerance$$$ and greed - all the outward manifestations of neglect of our inner values - will persist.