All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation.

Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you.

All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth.

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?

His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations.

When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about

The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.

Explain nothing. Put it there. Say it. Leave.

The more material we lose, the less we have. The less we have, the more we win.

Best memories never hurt, with good memories an individual can pass his whole life without depending on others...

Fame had brought me so much unhappiness.

What people do behind closed doors is certainly not my concern unless I'm there with them.

Progress is possible only if we train ourselves to think about programs without thinking of them as pieces of executable code.

My grandfather and my father disagreed about music, not least of all because my dad wanted to improvise. It wasn't just that he wanted to play different music; it was just that he came off the dots.

As a splendid palace deserted by its inmates looks like a ruin, so does a man without character, all his material belongings notwithstanding.

A city must be a place where groups of women and men are seeking and developing the highest things they know.

Success is falling down 7 times but getting up 8!

I feel very peaceful.