Quotes by writer

"When you want to build a ship, then do not drum the men together in order to procure wood, to give instructions or to distribute the work, but teach them longing for the wide endless sea."

"Truth, for any man, is that which makes him a man."

"That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man."

"We are prudent people. We are afraid to let go of our petty reality in order to grasp at a great shadow."

"One only really sees with the heart."

"He who never says "no" is no true man."

"When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed. Man is a knot, a web, a mesh into which relationships are tied. Only those relationships matter. The body is an old crock that nobody will miss. I have never known a man to think of himself when dying. Never."

"It's hard luck always having to be a judge."

"A man has many parts, he is virtually everything, and you are free to select in him that part which pleases you."

"I am very fond of sunsets. Come, let us go look at a sunset."