"Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments, a future - and also because we live as if our only task was precisely to have relationships with other people."
"Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?"
"We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die."
"It is necessary to fall in love... if only to provide an alibi for all the random despair you are going to feel anyway."
"The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding."
"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."