Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?

You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.

To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

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

In the end, everything is a gag.

One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.

It is not the length of life, but the depth.

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

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

A tragedy means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

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

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.