You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Do not consider any act of kindness insignificant, even meeting your brother with a cheerful face.

Art is the proper task of life.

Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

Mere life is not a blessing, but to live well.

You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

We still do not know one-thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

We cannot dispair of humanity, since we are ourselves human beings.