Do not be duped by little duties. Do not be a chore man all your days.

I made up my mind that I would hold onto nothing, that I would expect nothing.

If one believes, then miracles occur.

My world of human beings had perished. I was utterly alone in the world and for friends I had the streets, and the streets spoke to me in that sad, bitter language compounded of human misery, yearning, regret, failure, wasted effort

The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we're passing one another without a look of recognition.

We create our fate every day . . . most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior.

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.