If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work a character of uselessness

One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.

It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experiences when one is young. The sky was so bright, and there were so many stars that, gazing upward, one couldn't help wondering how so many whimsical, wicked people could live under such a sky.

In abstract love of humanity one almost always only loves oneself.

Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.

You must accept it as it is, and hence accept all consequences. A wall is indeed a wall.

Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference.