The sea never changes and its works, for all the talks of men, are wrapped in mystery.

A man's most open actions have a secret side to them.

We can never cease to be ourselves.

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.

Analytical philosophy was very interesting. It always struck me as being very interesting and full of tremendous intellectual curiosities. It is wonderful to see the mind at work in such an intense manner, but, for me, it was still too far removed from my own issues.

Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off.

I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable greyness, with nothing underfoot, with nothing around, without spectators, without clamour, without glory, without the great desire of victory, without the great fear of defeat, in a sickly atmostphere of tepid scepticism, without much belief in your own right, and still less in that of your adversary.