Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

If you wouldn't get up early for it, you shouldn't stay up late to do it.

I want to create an economy where minimum wage is a very brief stepping stone to higher-paying jobs so people can realize their dreams.

I find it difficult to fully enjoy musical theatre songs if I don't know the storyline of the show they are from as well as the context.

Scepticism is a barren coast, without a harbor or lighthouse.

The French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who is still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the face for it.

A fundamental condition of Being is slavery. Man is the slave of God, and God that of His vanity.

To date, my biggest lesson may be that judgment of others is never a good thing.

I am but one more drop in the great sea of matter, defined, with the ability to realize my existence.

Ain't fit for man nor beast