There's no need to talk about it, because the truth of what one says lies in what one does.

When an airplane's engines fail, it is not the end of the flight.

When we open ourselves you yourself to me and I myself to you, when we submerge you into me and I into you when we vanish into me you and into you I Then am I me and you are you.

People who commit monstrous crimes are not necessarily monsters. If they were, things would be easy. But they aren't and it is one of the experiences of life.

Desires, memories, fears, passions form labyrinths in which we lose and find and then lose ourselves again.

I certainly know German colleagues in the US who try to be Americans, try to melt into Americanism, even before they get married and become American citizens. But I've never tried that.

The more I suffer, the more I love.

What a sad story, I thought for so long. Not that I now think it was happy. But I think it is true, and thus the question of whether it is sad or happy has no meaning whatever.

Philosophy has forgotten about children

What is law? Is it what is on the books, or what is actually enacted and obeyed in a society? Or is law what must be enacted and obeyed, whether or not it is on the books, if things are to go right?

why does what was beautiful shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths?

Show me a fantasy novel about Chernobyl--there isn't one! Because reality is more fantastic.

I did exhibitions with the Surrealists (in Paris, in 1929) because their attitude revolted against 'art' and their attitude toward life itself was wise, as was Dada’s.’ Hans Arp

A leader should not be a man who arbitrarily imported his own ideas but the essential focal point for a group of people who trusted one another and worked for a common aim.

The goal is always just trying to stretch yourself as an actor.

I think one of the most groundbreaking inventions of all time is the jackhammer.

Those who practice know whether realization is attained or not, just as those who drink water know whether it is hot or cold

Everything matters, but nothing matters very much.

The uncertainty of our future is nothing more than a fog of breath on a windowpane.

Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment.

Respect yourself as well as others; make commitments, not excuses, and make every day a fun day.