“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.”

“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.”

“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”