Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

You can have it all. Just not all at once.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen'

All of us are products of our childhood.