"The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God."

"The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal."

"There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom."

"An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise."

"He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends"

"There is nothing like a dream to create the future."

"No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come."

"A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor."

"Life's great happiness is to be convinced we are loved."

"Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket."

"He who opens a school door, closes a prison."

"You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it."

"You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience."

"People do not lack strength, they lack will."

"Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection."

"Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees."

"If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!"

"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark."

"Those who do not weep, do not see."

"To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life."

"Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face."

"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."

"Not being heard is no reason for silence."

"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake."