“What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?”

It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.

Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.

The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I should reply, ‘Create silence’.

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth — look at the dying man’s struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

Don’t forget to love yourself.

It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.

The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.

My sorrow is my castle.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.

It is impossible to exist without passion.

The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

Don’t judge me by my past. I don’t live there anymore.

Trust is like the air we breathe. When it’s present, nobody really notices; when it’s absent, everybody notices.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

There are always two sides to every story.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Your Worst Enemy Could Be Your Best Friend & Your Best Friend Your Worst Enemy.

I live in my deepest hell and from there I cannot fall any further.