I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster. Catherine II
I praise loudly. I blame softly. Catherine the Great
Acquire inner peace and a multitude will find their salvation near you.
The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful.
With the gift of listening comes the gift of healing.
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it unless it has all been suffering, nothing but suffering.
Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in the mirror which waits always before or behind.