“The man in ecstasy and the man drowning—both throw up their arms.”

“The man in ecstasy and the man drowning - both throw up their arms. The first to signify harmony, the second to signify strife with the elements.”

“Wenn man einmal das Böse bei sich aufgenommen hat, verlangt es nicht mehr, daß man ihm glaube.”

“In man's struggle against the world, bet on the world.”

“Thin, without fever, not cold, not warm, with empty eyes, without a shirt, the young man under the stuffed quilt heaves himself up, hangs around my throat and whispers in my ear, "Doctor, let me die.”

“Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live.”

“Logic is doubtless unshakable, but it cannot withstand a man who wants to go on living.”