Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
The future influences the present just as much as the past.
Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.
In music, the passions enjoy themselves.
