"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky."

"The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable."

"You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water."

"If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars."

"It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple."

"Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It's by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth!"

"I think I could stand anything... only to be able to say to myself every moment, 'I exist."

"One cannot love what one does not know."

"There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings."

"There is no happiness in comfort. Happiness comes from suffering."

"I gave up caring about anything, and all the problems disappeared."

"Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering..."

"I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea."

"One can fall in love and yet hate."

"To be a human being among people and to remain one forever... that’s what life is."