There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.

All human beings hang by a thread, an abyss may open under their feet at any moment, and yet they have to go and invent all sortsof difficulties for themselves and spoil their lives.

Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don't have far to go, either.

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.

Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not acknowledge until we are crushed under its wheel

Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.

It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.