Nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and man is the workman in it.
A nihilist is a person who does not bow down to any authority, who does not accept any principle on faith, however much that principle may be revered.
I don’t adopt anyone’s ideas; I have my own.
After all, if you think of it, nothing is stronger in the world ... and weaker than a word!
The heart of another is a dark forest.
Egoism is suicide. The egoist withers like a solitary barren tree.
Blessed is he who has been young in his youth.
Whatever a man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to this: “Great God, grant that twice two be not four.”