I've known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and don't ask quarters.
He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.
There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.
When things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. It's because a little piece gets lost - the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. The whole shape has changed.
Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.
Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work.
Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you.