“Happiness is a choice and not a function of ambition.”

“Find your happiness now, and if you happen to find your love you will double it.”

“Well, I once lived in a town full of ambitious people, people who aspired to having, be it wealth or power. It was an unhappy town. Your cause may be more noble than theirs, but nevertheless it is important to know the difference between having and being. If desire burns too strong in a man it will consume him. A man who says he will not rest until he has made a certain amount of money will not rest even then, for his desire will drive him to greater wealth. A man who says he will not be happy until he has obtained a certain woman will seek another once he has had her. I know this to be true because I was such a man. If you are not happy now you may never be happy.”

“Sometimes it is easier not to know and live with hope than it is to know and live with the truth.”

“Wie einfach und zerbrechlich das Leben doch ist, nicht mehr als das Hinein- und Hinausströmen von Luft.”

“He merely sought a framework, like a coat hanger on which he could hang his life. At least then it might look like a life which was ready to be inhabited rather than a crumpled garment on the floor.”

“We still run the world as if we are separate from it and not part of it.”