The very act of sacrifice magnifies the one who sacrifices himself to the point where his sacrifice is much more costly to humanity than would have been the loss of those for whom he is sacrificing himself. But in his abnegation lies the secret of his grandeur.

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

The most subtle art, the strongest and deepest art - supreme art - is the one that does not at first allow itself to be recognized.

It would be wisest not to worry too much about the sterile periods. They ventilate the subject and instill into it the reality of daily life.

You have to let other people be right' was his answer to their insults. 'It consoles them for not being anything else.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.