Those who show pity and are always ready to help during times of trouble are seldom the same ones who rejoice in our joy: when others are happy they have nothing to do, they become superfluous and lose their feeling of superiority, and so they easily show their displeasure.

Those things for which we find words, are things we have already overcome.

He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you.

The quality of a marriage is proven by its ability to tolerate an occasional "exception.

Unexplained, obscure matters are regarded as more important than explained, clear ones.

Everything good is instinct--and, as a result, easy, necessary, free.

I could only believe in a God who could dance... And now a God dances through me.