I ask one thing only: I ask for the right to hope, to suffer as I do. But if even that cannot be, command me to disappear, and I disappear. You shall not see me if my presence is distasteful to you.

Seize the moment of happiness... love and be loved.

Only those live who do good.

Art is a microscope which the artist fixes on the secrets of his soul, and shows to people these secrets which are common to all.

The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.

The highest wisdom has but one science-the science of the whole-the science explaining the whole creation and man's place in it.

Progress consists only in the greater clarification of answers to the basic questions of life.