A mysterious fraternity born out of smoke and danger of death.

Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings come wrapped in the quietest of moments.

A man said to the universe: 'Sir, I exist!' 'However,' replied the universe. 'The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.

Every sin is the result of collaboration.

Perhaps an individual must consider his own death to be the final phenomenon of nature.

Truth ... Is a breath, a wind, A shadow, a phantom; Long have I pursued it, But never have I touched The hem of its garment.

The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.

Half of tradition is a lie.

But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart.

Think as I think," said a man, "or you are abominably wicked; you are a toad." And after I thought of it, I said, "I will, then, be a toad.

There is nothing- No life, No joy, No pain- There is nothing save opinion, And opinion be damned.

I think if you study--if you learn too much of what others have done, you may tend to take the same direction as everybody else.

To reprove a harm-doer, put him to shame by doing a good deed in return.

The line of head is strong, but the line of heart is weak. And most importantly, the line of life is short. The stars do not seem to be right.

Death, the final, triumphant lover.

We speak loud. And we speak with our hands, but we're not aggressive like warwise. A Portuguese is not going to punch you for no reason.

I do not care to paint portraits indoors. I cannot feel sympathetic.

I don’t demand that all work be a masterpiece. What I am doing is the right thing for me - that is what I am and this is living. It reflects me and I reflect it.

It is difficult to remember all, and ungracious to omit any.

Every day we act in ways that reflect our ethical judgements.

Compassion is to share the pain without sharing the suffering.