The only way to deal with death is to transform everything that precedes it into art.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

A good character is the best tombstone.

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Let me light my lamp, says the star, And never debate if it will help to remove the darkness.