My art and profession is to live.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

If I get married, I want to be very married.

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.

I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.

A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life

Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!