Only the dying know what real loneliness is.

You don’t love someone because it’s the logical thing to do.

The only reason to take anything seriously is to make it more fun.

If you think happiness is a rare bird you won’t see much of it.

Nothing is so deceiving as knowledge.

Through the power of art imaginary landscapes turn into real ones.

Art’s aim is life, a deeper connection with life.

The familiar is by far the most beautiful.

Morality is the clipping of a bird’s wings.

Our way of thinking causes us more pain than all our misfortunes.

The world is real; philosophy is the illusion.

All the great novels are about obsession and people who are obsessed.

Out of dumbness, out of confusion, arise the true words.

It’s not the wound that teaches, but the healing.

When the meaning is unclear there is no meaning.

Life is always dangerous and always mysterious.

When people talk to themselves they should listen more. That’s how writers are born.

Behind every mask there is a face, and behind that a story.

We love those to whom we can tell our story.

Indifference to ideas is a sign of good health.

Boredom is the price one pays for not enjoying everything.

To stay sane in a mad world is the real victory.

The more idealism proves futile, the more I respect idealists.

The real geniuses are the people who love life.

It’s during a storm that the best songs get written.

One death apiece is plenty.

The best thing in life is having someone to share it with.

The craving for recognition is every artist’s Achilles heel.

Dream as much as you like, but the world is not a dream.

Relax and be free. You don’t have to prove anything.

Change is always trivial compared to what doesn’t change.

There is only one side to be on-the side of life

Man is the only creature for whom being alive isn’t enough.

To be saved is to believe in one’s own courage.

The main thing is to be full of life. Everything else is secondary.

There are no sad days, only sad thoughts.

We feel more than we can express, we see more than we can say.

What we can’t control, we call fate.

When you think about something you give it an importance it doesn’t have.

What makes or breaks us ultimately is our attitude toward the things we can’t control.

The simplest action is worth more than the profoundest thought.

The firmer the plan, the more one can expect the unexpected.

Riots are started by the police and blamed on dissidents.

In my travels I found no answers, only wonders.

We waste this life dreaming of another.

People always say, “It’s not that simple.” But maybe it is.

Applause: the echo of a prejudice.

What is more arrogant than to assume that of all the paths through the woods yours is the only true one.

Bring a song with you into the darkness.

When a war breaks out, everyone is on the wrong side.