When books are burned in the end people will be burned too. Heinrich Heine
Force, unregulated or ill-regulated, is not only wasted in the void, like that of gunpowder burned in the open air, and steam unconfined by science; but, striking in the dark, and its blows meeting only the air, they recoil, and bruise itself. Albert Pike
I went north - I did not try to hide myself. When a god or a demon saw me, then I would die, but meanwhile I was no longer afraid. My hunger for knowledge burned in me - there was so much that I could not understand. Stephen Vincent Benét
In the happy night, In secret, when none saw me, Nor I beheld aught, Without light or guide, save that which burned in my heart. John of the Cross
These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them. Zane Grey
Who has never been burned in the sun won't know the value of shadow. Turkish Proverb