The possibility of killing one's self is a safety valve. Having it, man has no right to say life is unbearable.

Only greatly insolent people establish a religious law which is to be taken for granted by others, which should be accepted by everyone on faith, without any discussion or doubts. Why must people do this?

Man recognizes that he will not die, only when he recognizes that he was never born, but always has been, is, and will be.

Art can compel people freely, gladly, and spontaneously to sacrifice themselves in the service of man.

He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun, without looking.

By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings.

But every acquisition that is disproportionate to the labor spent on it is dishonest.