“There is scarcely any passion without struggle.”

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.

I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could easily live for a hundred years in prison. He would have enough memories to keep him from being bored

We are all born mad, some remain so.

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don’t believe there is a single person I loved that I didn’t eventually betray.

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment’s human suffering.

Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.

Nothing in the world is worth turning one’s back on what one loves.

I like people who dream or talk to themselves interminably; I like them, for they are double. They are here and elsewhere.

Never is work without reward, or reward without work.

Without pain and suffering, we would be nothing

Teachers are to inspire; librarians are to fulfill.

Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.

If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.

In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.