I have often been downcast, but never in despair;.
I’ve found that there is always some beauty left – in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.
I think it’s odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often and about such petty matters. Up to now I always thought bickering was just something children did and that they outgrew it.
What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven’t even happened yet.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside.
Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction. Ultimately people shape their own characters.
Live with the objective of being happy.
Don’t condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point.
I live in a crazy time.
Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.
When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived.
I don’t believe that the big men, the politicians and capitalists alone, are guilty of war. Oh no, the little man is just as guilty, otherwise the peoples of the world would have risen in revolt long ago!
How wonderful it is that we can start doing good at this very moment.
I can recapture everything when I write, my thoughts, my ideals and my fantasies.
I love the time I spend with you. You make my living worth-while. Why dint I meet you before. I wish I could start my life From the beginning with you because the time I spend with you is never enough. I need you more everyday.
Whoever doesn’t know it must learn and find by experience that a quiet conscience makes one strong.
Why should some people have such a hard time during their few years on this earth?
And you can always, always, give kindness.
Even when I was older, I couldn’t stop asking questions.
Why can’t people live with each other in peace? Why must everything be destroyed? Why must people go hungry while surplus food elsewhere in the world rots away? Oh why must people be so crazy?