"He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary."

"In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play."

"The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind."

"Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler."

"We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving."

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

"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe."

"No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."

"And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."

"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster."

"Without music, life would be a mistake."

"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."

"You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star."

"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how."