As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was worthless if we didn't make a turning point of it, we were assigned to the humanities, to poetry, philosophy, painting - the nursery games of humankind, which had to be left behind when the age of science began. The humanities would be called upon to choose a wallpaper for the crypt, as the end drew near.

... a fellow can't predict what he will pick up in the form of influence.

I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

I would like to explain that I consider prayer above all an act of gratitude for existence.

Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

The best and purest human beings, from the beginning of time, have understood that life is sacred.