Here is a commandment for you: seek happiness in sorrow. Work, work tirelessly.

For men are made for happiness, and any one who is completely happy has a right to say to himself, 'I am doing God's will on earth.'

The more you succeed in loving, the more you'll be convinced at the existence of God and the immortality of your soul.

Of course I shall go astray often...for who does not make mistakes? But I cannot go far wrong for I have seen the truth.

'Ever seen a leaf - a leaf from a tree?' 'Yes.' I saw one recently - a yellow one, a little green, wilted at the edges. Blown by the wind. When I was a little boy, I used to shut my eyes in winter and imagine a green leaf, with veins on it, and the sun shining ...' 'What's this - an allegory?' "No; why? Not an allegory - a leaf, just a leaf. A leaf is good. Everything's good.'

Actions are sometimes performed in a masterly and most cunning way, while the direction of the actions is deranged and dependent on various morbid impressions - it's like a dream.

Talking nonsense is man's only privilege that distinguishes him from all other organisms.