All beauty of this world is wet with the dew of tears.

The one sure means of dealing with boredom is to care for someone else, to do something kind and good.

The essence of modern dictatorship is the combination of one-dimensional, flat thinking with power and terror.

When men no longer have the least fear of saying something untrue, they very soon have no fear whatsoever of doing something unjust.

A curse on every wish that blurs the sight, paralyzes the tongue, cramps the hand, and prevents the truth being seen, said, and written.

Joy untouched by thankfulness is always suspect.

Logic kills. Faith burns. Better to be the one with the torch than the one on the pyre.

The night is the balm for the wounded souls of the world.

Collapse, spread, merging, union: these things sound like the opposite of loneliness, and yet intimacy requires a solid sense of self to be successful and satisfying.

The lips know only shallow tunes

Listen to your inner voice. Trust your intuition. It's important to have the courage to trust yourself.

Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.

I'm alive, happier than I've ever been, and I'm doing exactly what I want.

All of us, as bodies, are in the active position of figuring out how to live with and against the constructions - or norms - that help to form us.

I'm trying to get out of my own way

I had no support, no opportunity, no sponsors backing me for most of my career.