Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.