I tell you solemnly, that I have many times tried to become an insect. But I was not equal even to that. I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness- a real thorough-going illness.

To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.

A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at certain moments.

The whole work of man really seems to consist in nothing but proving to himself every minute that he is a man and not a piano key.

But man is a fickle and disreputable creature and perhaps, like a chess-player, is interested in the process of attaining his goal rather than the goal itself.

To think too much is a disease.

I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.

I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.

It is a law of nature that every decent man on earth is bound to be a coward and a slave

I will put up with any mockery rather than pretend that I am satisfied when I am hungry.

For though your mind is active enough, your heart is darkened with corruption, and without a pure heart there can be no full or genuine sensibility.

Real intimacy is a product of solitude.

Whenever you have a problem, take a few minutes to meditate. You’ll be amazed at the renewed clarity that you’ll bring to the issue.

No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is you still have to get out of it.

Love is such an objective thing. I mean, I can say I love my family, or I love my Diet Coke. So I guess, in different ways, yeah, I do believe in love.

I don't listen to nothing while I'm in the studio, because I don't want to be influenced by anybody else.

True love is but a humble, low born thing, And hath its food served up in earthenware; It is a thing to walk with, hand in hand, Through the every-dayness of this workday world.

A boy spends his time finding a girl to sleep with. A real man spends his time looking for the one worth waking up to.

Fear's the only obstacle that gets in the way of doing what we love. Fear holds us back from living the lives we're made to live.

A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.

Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.