Being poor is a mere trifle. It is being known to be poor that is the sting.

It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.

It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch one another and find sympathy. We differ widely enough in our nobler qualities. It is in our follies that we are at one.

The music of life would be mute if the chords of memory were snapped asunder.

You can be confident and secure and know that you do a good job at what you do but you don't have to be arrogant about it.

He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.

He who asks a question is a fool for 5 minutes, He who never asks is a fool forever.

Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.

One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other.

And more so now, since having a family - I don't seek out any other acceptance.

Could there be a greater proof of our cowardice than fighting amongst ourselves?

There will be an answer. Let it be.

The anarchic is the true divine state of man in the end as in the beginning; but in between it would lead us straight to the devil and his kingdom.

I love moving through long spaces and being enclosed.