Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.

I want to suffer and be purified by suffering!

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

In order to love simply, it is necessary to know how to show love.

It wasn't the New World that mattered... Columbus died almost without seeing it; and not really knowing what he had discovered. It's life that matters, nothing but life - the process of discovering, the everlasting and perpetual process, not the discovery itself, at all.

Money is coined liberty, and so it is ten times dearer to a man who is deprived of freedom. If money is jingling in his pocket, he is half consoled, even though he cannot spend it.

--you wouldn't have hurt me like this for nothing. So what have I done? How have I wronged you? Tell me.