In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection.

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

I want to feel my life while I'm in it.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

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.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

My art and profession is to live.

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?

You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.

In the end, everything is a gag.

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.

Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.

When all life is seen as divine, everyone grows wings.

The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveller, who takes rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.