A major difficulty in translation is that a word in one language seldom has a precise equivalent in another one.

The less one, as a result of objective or subjective conditions, has to come into contact with people, the better off one is for it.

The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it.

To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.

They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.

Life is a constant process of dying.

Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought.