I hid myself within myself ... and quietly wrote down all my joys, sorrows and contempt in my diary.

I never utter my real feelings about anything. My lighter, superficial side will always be too quick for the deeper side of me, and that's why it always wins.

I hid myself within myself ... and quietly wrote down all my joys, sorrows and contempt in my diary.

There's in people simply an urge to destroy, an urge to kill, to murder and rage, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated, and grown will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again

Then, without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day; of course, you achieve quite a lot in the course of time. Anyone can do this, it costs nothing and is certainly very helpful. Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that a quiet conscience makes one strong.

The world has plenty of room, riches, money and beauty ... Let us begin by dividing it more fairly.

Even when I was older, I couldn't stop asking questions.