Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself.

Man's mind cannot grasp the causes of events in their completeness, but the desire to find the causes is implanted in man's soul.

I am sure that nothing has such a decisive influence upon a man's course as his personal appearance, and not so much his appearance as his belief in its attractiveness or unattractiveness.

Her face was brilliant and glowing; but this glow was not one of brightness; it suggested the fearful glow of a conflagration in the midst of a dark night.

If you're not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.

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

I felt a wish never to leave that room - a wish that dawn might never come, that my present frame of mind might never change.