Naan

“All of us are pilgrims on this earth. I have even heard it said that the earth itself is a pilgrim in the heavens.”
― Maxim Gorky

“All parents wash away their sins with their tears; you are not the only one.”
― Maxim Gorky, My childhood

“In recalling my childhood I like to picture myself as a beehive to which various simple obscure people brought the honey of their knowledge and thoughts on life, generously enriching my character with their own experience. Often this honey was dirty and bitter, but every scrap of knowledge was honey all the same.”
― Maxim Gorky, My Childhood

“The capacity to pay attention to an afflicted person is something very rare, very difficult; it is nearly a miracle. It is a miracle. Nearly all those who believe they have this capacity do not. Warmth, movements of the heart, and pity are not sufficient.”
― Simone Weil, Waiting for God