"Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day."

"It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses."

"The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it."

"There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life's point of no return."

"Reason is the torch that illuminates the dark corridors of superstition. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"The greatest journey starts when the mind is a garden where thoughts are the seeds."

"The harmony of the universe dictates that a mind at peace can weather any storm."

"I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am."