"To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it."
"To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it."
"The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad"but "good vs. good."
"Whatever we may say about the soul going to the sky... we know there is no sky but only an atmosphere."
"truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold."
"Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here."