In difficult circumstances always act on first impressions.

Boredom: the desire for desires.

Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired.

Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.

The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.

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.

What are wanted ...are not Constitutions and Revolutions, nor all sorts of Conferences and Congresses, nor the many ingenious devices for submarine navigation and aerial navigation, nor powerful explosives, nor all sorts of conveniences to add to the enjoyment of the rich, ruling classes... but one thing only is needful: the knowledge of the simple and clear truth ...that for our life one law is valid - the law of love, which brings the highest happiness to every individual as well as to all mankind.