Understand that the only possession of any value is life.

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

He who makes great demands upon himself is naturally inclined to make great demands on others.

What seems different in yourself; that's the rare thing you possess. The one thing that gives each of us his worth, and that's just what we try to suppress. And we claim to love life.

The public always prefers to be reassured. There are those whose job this is. There are only too many.

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.

Please do not understand me too quickly.