“It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.”

Everything I know, I know because of love.

Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.

Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.

If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.

God is the same everywhere.

You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.

The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand.

Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation – it is the one unbreakable diamond.

I’ve always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.

All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.

I loved you with all my heart turns out a whole for some is barely apart.

Ripples in the water slowly fade away they make way for the larger waves that stay.

I want to go, look for my essence, know myself and change myself; because nobody is constant.

Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.

In all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

In philosophy methods are unimportant; any method is legitimate if it leads to results capable of being rationally discussed.

In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable: and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality.

Hope such a fickle thing most days it keeps me going other days it pulls me apart.