"A lot of people are confused about the difference between the soul and the spirit. Basically the spirit is the envelop that protects the soul from harm. If the spirit is relatively healthy, the soul will be too."

“Father: Why did you not become mine God!? God: Because you did not believe in me.”

“Pornography is supposed to arouse sexual desires. If ***** is a crime, when will they arrest makers of perfume?”

“To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history, but to articulate it.”

“No time to grieve for roses when the forests are burning.”

Source : Zbigniew Herbert (2014). “The Collected Poems 1956 - 1998”, p.19, Atlantic Books Ltd

“I think emotional and mental pain is probably worse than physical pain. I think we don't realize that I have no arms or legs but we all have disabilities of some sort, some fear, some lost, some wishes that didn't come true, things we wish would be better.”

“I never want to hide my wrestling background.”

“For me, half the joy of achieving has been the struggle and the fight, the pitting myself against the world and all its competition - and winning.”

“War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.”