Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.

The simple act of an ordinary courageous man is not to take part, not to support lies! Let that come into the world and even reign over it, but not through me. Writers and artists can do more: they can vanquish lies! ... Lies can stand up against much in the world, but not against art.

Bless you prison, bless you for being in my life. For there, lying upon the rotting prison straw, I came to realize that the object of life is not prosperity as we are made to believe, but the maturity of the human soul.

The meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering, but in the development of the soul...

Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words…By means of art were are sometimes sent - dimly, briefly - revelations unattainable by reason.

The one who doesn't pull his weight is not asked to pull, while the one who does, pulls for two.

Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul.