Beauty always had a purpose: to be of service to life.

When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage! An invisible and all-powerful enemy—some call him God, others the Devil, seem to rush upon us to destroy us; but we are not destroyed.

The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.

Every village has its simpleton, and if one does not exist they invent one to pass the time.

There is no harsher means of punishment, than to answer malice with kindness.

With the world in the state it is today, whoever is virtuous must be so to the point of sainthood, and even beyond; whoever is a sinner must be so to the point of bestiality and even beyond. Today the middle road is no more.

As I watched the seagulls, I thought, That's the road to take; find the absolute rhythm and follow it with absolute trust.