“I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.”

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

The worst enemy you can meet will always be yourself

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.

Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood.

One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure.

The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.

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

One must shed the bad taste of wanting to agree with many.

Faith: not wanting to know what the truth is.

One ought to hold on to one’s heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

Meaning and morality of one’s life come from within oneself.

Women make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.

Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.

You are what you believe yourself to be.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life.

Someone’s opinion of you doesn’t have to become your reality!

I believe governments should take a more active role around important issues like balancing expression and safety.

Not only the thirsty seek the water, the water as well seeks the thirsty.

Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.

You’ll get more from being a peacemaker than a warrior.

If you want to turn a vision into reality, you have to give 100% and never stop believing in your dream.