The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
History is not just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's also the story of good people doing nothing.
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.