Was I asleep? Had I slept?

Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

There's never an end for the sea.

Don't look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.

The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.

If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead.

Nothing is more real than nothing.

You're on Earth. There's no cure for that.

I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.

Dear incomprehension, it's thanks to you I'll be myself, in the end.

There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

Old beliefs do not lead you to new cheese

The scripture teaches that he who now restrains will continue to do so until he is taken out of the way.

Don't let your silly dreams fall in between the crack of the bed and the wall.

I beg you to believe the most ridiculous superstition of all: that humanity is at the center of the universe, the fulfiller or frustrateor of the grandest dreams of God Almighty.

I feel like there is this resurgence of amazing roles for women. It's because TV is so good - there are amazing parts for women on TV, and it's upped the game in movies.

The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away.

I hope Gunter Grass will continue helping the SPD in campaigns and that he will otherwise remain with us as a provocative literary figure, as well.

I certainly want a name that I can pronounce!

No class is safe unless government is so arranged that each class has in its hands the means of protecting itself. That is the idea of republics.