“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”

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

“I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.”