“The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too”

“Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world, but the heart has its beaches, its homeland, and thoughts of its own. Wake now, discover that you are the song that the morning brings, but the heart has its seasons its evenings, and songs of its own”

“Happiness always has an object… Depends on external things. Joy… Has no object. It seizes you for no apparent reason, it's like the sun, its burning is fueled by its own heart.”

“The sea, the sea is everything! Its sovereign mass
brings to me atoms of a myriad faraway lands;
Its bright smile animates me in the limpid mornings
And when at the end of day my faith has failed me
My heart echoes the sound of its sorrow in the sands.”

“Every heart has its own skeletons.”

“If he believes time has run its course,
A man is a sad thing too.”

“Like the Roman Empire in the early fifth century, Europe has allowed its defenses to crumble. As its wealth has grown, so its military prowess has shrunk, along with its self-belief. It has grown decadent in its shopping malls and sports stadiums. At the same time, it has opened its gates to outsiders who have coveted its wealth without renouncing their ancestral faith.”

“Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves.”

“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”

“When a just cause reaches its flood-tide, as ours has done in that country, whatever stands in the way must fall before its overwhelming power.”