I never ponder counterfactuals.
One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.
Poor little men, poor little cocks! As soon as they're old enough, they swell their plumage to be conquerors. If they only knew that it's enough to be just a little bit wounded and sad in order to obtain everything without fighting for it.
God is on everyone's side. . . and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and large armies.
Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.
Life isn't what you think it is. It's like water, and the young let it trickle away between their fingers without even noticing. Cup your hands, keep it safe. Life eventually becomes something else, something hard, something simple, something you can hold in your hand and nibble on contentedly as you sit in the sun.
Every Left-wing hysteria of my lifetime has turned out to be untrue. Every single one
Nothing hurts if you don't let it.
So let me get this straight. You were living in a tent in the woods, but now you're living with Prince Charming and anger management boy? SERIOUSLY?!
Anti-Semitism is not based on strictly religious grounds and is not directed against the Jewish faith as such. However, all German Christians resent and denounce the fact that the Jews have been the chief advocates of atheism. They have influenced the workers' children through the Communist youth organizations, of which they are the leading spirit.