Life is a farce: that mysterious arrangement of relentless logic for a futile purpose. The most one can expect from it is a certain self-knowledge, which comes too late, and a harvest of unquenchable regrets.
To confront, always confront, is the way to solve the problem. Confront it!
I don't like work, nobody likes it; but I like that, in work, I have the opportunity to discover myself.
Judge a man by his friends as well as by his enemies.
The strength of one is only an accident arising from the weakness of others.
The value of a phrase lies in the personality of the person who says it, because nothing new can be said by a man or a woman.
Every era is nourished by illusions, otherwise, men would soon give up on life, and that would be the end of the human race.
Every idealization impoverishes life. To beautify it is to take away its complexity, it is to destroy it.