“We have to endure the discordance between imagination and fact. It is better to say, “I am suffering,” than to say, “This landscape is ugly.”

“But nothing of all that the peoples of Europe have produced is worth the first known poem to have appeared among them. Perhaps they will rediscover that epic genius when they learn how to accept the fact that nothing is sheltered from fate, how never to admire might, or hate the enemy, or to despise sufferers. It is doubtful if this will happen soon.”

“Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.”

“Men owe us what they imagine they will give us. We must forgive them this debt.”

“I can, therefore I am.”

“The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, "What are you going through?”

“A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.”