“Life is a predicament which precedes death.”

“Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time”

“We study ourselves three weeks, we love each other three months, we squabble three years, we tolerate each other thirty years, and then the children start all over again”

“For every 60 seconds of anger, you lose one minute of happiness”

“In sorrow he learned this truth: Though one may return to the place of his birth, he cannot go back to his youth”

“The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds”