"She might have melted a heart of..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“Dreaming is happiness. Waiting is life.”

“Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.”

“Where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident, chaos will soon reign.”

“Let us draw the curtain of charity over the rest of this scene”

“A child is a child in any country, whatever the politics. Let's get down to basics. That's what a child forces you to do. Nothing else much matters, there is no complicated diplomacy, when a child is starving. It's simple. And we'd better do something about it. For our sakes, too. That is, if we want to continue to call ourselves human.”

“My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness.”

“As we judge others so are we judged by others. The suspicious will always be tormented by suspicion.”

“My heart goes out to anyone who is making his first appearance before an audience of human beings.”

“The guiding motive of mankind should be charity towards men, charity towards all animals.”