I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze.

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

Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.

Every man's happiness is built on the unhappi-ness of another.

So long as one's just dreaming about what to do, one can soar like an eagle and move mountains, it seems, but as soon as one starts doing it one gets worn out and tired.

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

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.