Belonging to oneself the whole essence of life lies in that.

I only know that I feel tired, antiquated; I feel as though I had been living a long, long time.

Go and try to disprove death. Death will disprove you, and that's all!

What's important is that twice two is four and all the rest's nonsense.

The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.

Every man's happiness is built on the unhappi-ness of another.

So many memories and so little worth remembering, and in front of me - a long, long road without a goal.

That is what poetry can do. It speaks to us of what does not exist, which is not only better than what exists, but even more like the truth.

Take what you can yourself, and don't let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life.

That's what children are for that their parents may not be bored.

Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.

a person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.

Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.

Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.

You cannot make a crab walk straight.

Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.