“The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil”

“When I look back upon my early days I am stirred by the thought of the number of people whom I have to thank for what they gave me or for what they were to me. At the same time I am haunted by an oppressive consciousness of the little gratitude I really showed them while I was young. How many of them have said farewell to life without having made clear to them what it meant to me to receive from them so much kindness or so much care! Many a time have I, with a feeling of shame, said quietly to myself over a grave the words which my mouth ought to have spoken to the departed, while he was still in the flesh.”

“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.”

“In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

“I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.”

“If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn't it never was”