“We must believe in the power and the strength of our words.”
“With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.”
“I raise up my voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.”
“Let us pick up our books and our pens; they are our most powerful weapons.”
“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.”
“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”
“One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.”
“The changing of the seasons is what delights the heart.”
“The truth is at the bottom of a well.”
“The pleasantest of all diversions is to sit alone under the lamp, a book spread out before you.”
“It is good if a man can be of assistance to others.”
“A man should avoid the friendship of a man whose friend is a fool.”
“It is foolish to think that one can do anything to change the world.”
“What a strange, demented feeling it gives me when I realize that I have spent whole days before this inkstone.”
“Leaving something incomplete makes it interesting, and gives one the feeling that there is room for growth.”
“The most precious thing in life is its uncertainty.”
“To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you—such is a pleasure beyond compare.”
“It is bad when one thing becomes two.”
“Single-mindedness is all-powerful.”
“There is nothing so painful as regret.”