“When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune.”

“Happiness is often only a pity for one's own misfortune.”

“For there is merely bad luck in not being loved; there is misfortune in not loving.”

“When a war breaks out, people say: "It's too stupid; it can't last long." But though a war may well be "too stupid," that doesn't prevent its lasting. Stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves.”

“But - I cannot make a choice. I have my own sorrow, but I suffer with him, too; I share his pain. I understand all - that is my trouble.”

“I am too much in love with my lies and hypocrisies not to confess them fervently.”

“When a man has learned how to remain alone with his suffering, how to overcome his longing to flee, then he has little left to learn.”