“Nowadays most men lead lives of noisy desperation.”

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things..”

“Most roads lead men homewards,My road leads forth.”

“It is only by loving others that we can learn to live; living is rare nowadays...most people survive; that is all.”

“If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively.”

“In life nowadays it matters to most of us, what we do and how much we have in our lives.... However it should mostly be who we have beside us through our lives, that should really matter.”