“If these slaves had only any future, anything to hope for, to strive for, to live for, any prospect before them, then i should non deplore their lot but nothing, nothing.”

“Pupuklah seni untuk menjadi orang yang menyenangkan dengan berbicara yang benar dan diam.”

“Kesederhanaan dalam segala sesuatu adalah hasil karya tertinggi.”

“Ciri khas diri kita, terdapat dalam kualitas pekerjaan kita.”

“Fakta bahwa kita memiliki dua telinga dan satu mulut, mengandung suatu arti bahwa kita harus lebih banyak mendengar daripada berbicara.”

“Nothing makes any sense. Nothing means anything. You're born, you live, you die. That's it.”

“There was no good or bad connected with anything any more.......He regretted nothing; wanted nothing. He was simply existing, and the way things were was the way they had always been and always would be. He didn't care any more. He did what had to be done, and endured in a timeless present, without past or future.”