The cities are the principal home and seat of the human group. They are the coral colony for Man, the collective being.

But the main things about a man are his eyes and his feet. He should be able to see the world and go after it.

And if you ask again whether there is any justice in the world, you'll have to be satisfied with the reply: Not for the time being; at any rate, not up to this Friday.

Writing is not chewing your nails and picking your teeth, but a matter of public interest.

Cultivate your Futurism. I'll cultivate my Döblinism.

You shouldn't be a big shot about your fate. I'm an enemy of Destiny, I'm not a Greek, I'm a Berliner.

No country is so peaceful as the one that leads into death. Life arches above one's head like a bridgespan, and below it flows the water, carries the boat, takes it further.

Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for what the others say concerns me, too.

One encounters very capable fathers abashed by their piano-playing daughters. Three measures of Schumann make them red with embarrassment.

My books, at any rate, deserved to be burned.

The world is made of sugar and dirt.

If you think life is magical or life is hard, either way you are right. Your thoughts are the source of reality.

Brotherly love should be our number one principle as believers

What parent can give to their children is the gift of daily prayer.

The public school has become the established church of secular society.

I grew up listening to blues and rock 'n' roll and other music, but, legitimately, the Stones is one of my favorite bands in the world.

Government aid impedes success and creates dependence, while entrepreneurs create success and independence.

There could be few men whose love for a woman had been written on his face with a knife.

The third peculiarity of aerial warfare was that it was at once enormously destructive and entirely indecisive.

With mental illness the trick is to not take your feelings so seriously; you’re zooming in and zooming away from things that go from being too important to being not important at all.

I'm excited we can be part of making the death penalty history.