“Thousands of desires, each worth dying for; many of them I have realized, yet never enough.”

The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

There are other sorrows in this world besides the sorrows of love.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man.

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal.

Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel, for example.