Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation - it is the one unbreakable diamond.

The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens... Henceforth, I shall never serve any government anywhere.

The best method for a given teacher is the one which is most familiar to the teacher.

Just when the question of how to live had become clearer to him, a new insoluble problem presented itself - Death.

Great works of art are only great because they are accessible and comprehensible to everyone.

Life is everything. Life is God. Everything shifts and moves, and this movement is God. And while there is life, there is delight in the self-awareness of the divinity. To love life is to love God. The hardest and most blissful thing is to love this life in one's suffering, in the guiltlessness of suffering.

All art has this characteristic-it unites people.