My parents were quite liberal with us, always encouraging us to be our own person and be creative.
The "I" in me, my friend, dwells in the house of silence, and therein it shall remain for ever more, unperceived, unapproachable.
And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
I deserted the world and sought solitude because I became tired of rendering courtesy to those multitudes who believe that humility is a sort of weakness, and mercy a kind of cowardice, and snobbery a form of strength.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
The greatest scientists are artists as well.
No one may shut his eyes to think the pain, which is therefore not visible to him, is non-existent.
Whenever I visit a city, I like to see what classical music concerts are on offer.
I'll think of the idea and then I'll write something down, then within that there will be a joke or two which is the original thing which I thought was funny.