What verse is for the poet, dialectical thinking is for the philosopher. He grasps for it in order to get hold of his own enchantment, in order to perpetuate it.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Wake up every morning with dreams of a wonderful day.

A nation’s people must love each other, otherwise there will remain no nation! The world’s nations must love each other otherwise there will remain no world!

It's one thing to stick to your guns. It's quite another to hold those guns to the heads of your citizens.

I would like to play every day. Whether or not that happens, we'll see.

If what you want to paint is the emotive mood in all its strength... then you must not sit and stare at everything and depict it exactly as one sees it.

In the theater you create a moment, but in that moment, there is a touch, a twinkle of eternity. And not just eternity, but community. . . . That connection is a sense of life for me.

No writing has any real value which is not the expression of genuine thought and feeling.

Our days are so few, our existences so complicated. As long as we're breathing we shouldn't further complicate our lives.

In order for us to liberate the energy of our strength, our weakness must first have a chance to reveal itself.

The artists who endure are the ones who stay focused even after they have reached the top of their profession.