We see everything in a mirror, darkly. Sometimes we can peer through the mirror and get a glimpse of what things are like on the other side. If we could...
It's the facts' fault, my friend. We are all prisoners of facts. I was born, therefore I am.
Luigi Pirandello
To love is to suffer in the soul what the body cannot bear.
Leonardo Lucidity
Reason does not take away humanity; it prevents inner slavery. - Stoicism
Stoic Thoughts
I have seen carefully the affliction of my people. - Exodus 3:7
Exodus
The act of commanding, whether soft or harsh, must be accompanied by something that makes one forgive the privilege of power.
Gregory Marañón