When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life, and it is only fair that one has to pay dearly for having assaulted men and things in this manner with Yes and No. Everything is arranged so that the worst of tastes, the taste for the unconditional, should be cruelly fooled and abused until a man learns to put a little art into his feelings and rather to risk trying even what is artificial — as the real artists of life do.

Do not be deceived! The busiest people harbor the greatest weariness, their restlessness is weakness--they no longer have the capacity for waiting and idleness.

One has been a poor spectator of life if one has not witnessed the hand - that kills from mercy.

If thinking is your fate, revere this fate with divine honour and sacrifice to it the best, the most beloved

The relatives of a suicide hold it against him that out of consideration for their reputation he did not remain alive.

if we possess a why of life we can put up with almost any how.

Our greatest experiences are our quietest moments.