“If you rest, you rust.”
“Age is not important unless you're a cheese.”
“The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.”
“We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.”
“The story of a love is not important -- what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.”
“The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity -- love. And the story of a love is not important -- what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.”
“My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others. That is nice but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.”