"You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star."

"He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures."

"What is freedom? The will to be responsible for oneself."

"There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness."

"To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. There is yet a third case: one must be both — a philosopher."