Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

And never have I felt so deeply at one and the same time so detached from myself and so present in the world.

Don't let them tell us stories.

No matter what cause one defends, it will suffer permanent disgrace if one resorts to blind attacks on crowds of innocent people.

But too many people now climb onto the cross merely to be seen from a greater distance, even if they have to trample somewhat on the one who has been there so long.

You know very well that I no longer think. I am far too intelligent for that.

... one cannot be happy in exile or in oblivion. One cannot always be a stranger. I want to return to my homeland, make all my loved ones happy. I see no further than this.