We are so lonely in life that we must ask ourselves if the loneliness of dying is not a symbol of our human existence.

Transmitting one's flaws [through procreation] to someone else is a crime. I could never consent to give life to someone who would inherent my ailments.

The more intense a spiritual leader's appetite for power, the more he is concerned to limit it to others.

Once you see that everything is unreal, you can't see why you should bother to prove it.

Shame on the man who goes to his grave escorted by the miserable hopes that have kept him alive.

To accomplish nothing and die of the strain

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.