Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves.
...rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor -- such is my idea of happiness. And then, on the top of all that, you for a mate, and children perhaps -- what more can the heart of man desire?
He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.
Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.