We shall have thousands of Shatovs to deal with

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.

Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.

The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!

The soul is healed by being with children.

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

But how could you live and have no story to tell?

If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.

When a man is getting worse, he understands his own badness less and less.

Outside everything was uncannily visible in the light of the full moon, but here in the dark shaded alleys the night was conscious of itself. ("The Moon Slave")

Inspiration may not solve one’s deepest or darkest problems, but it can be a light when no other light shines.

The mind is a strange machine which can combine the materials offered to it in the most astonishing ways.

[priests are] the pretenders to power and dominion, and to a superior sanctity of character, distinct from virtue and good morals.

No one will ever ask me to sing because it's beautiful. My secret is hiding my musicianship behind humor.

Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality.

What will it feel like after you die? Exactly the same as it felt for those billions of years before you were born.

Im obsessed with neon sneakers.

We shall march prospering,-not thro' his presence; Songs may inspirit us,-not from his lyre; Deeds will be done,-while he boasts his quiescence, Still bidding crouch whom the rest bade aspire.