This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
There's place and means for every man alive.
The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included
We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.
Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.
It is not how old you are, but how you are old.
Maybe this world is another planet?s hell.
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy
Let silence take you to the core of life.
We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.