<p>Everything is determined$$$ the beginning as well as the end$$$ by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect$$$ as well as for the star. Human beings$$$ vegetables$$$ or cosmic dust$$$ we all dance to a mysterious tune$$$ intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.</p>

<p>Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times$$$ since he never gets to see or hear anything else.</p>

<p>Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none.</p>

<p>Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.</p>

<p>I think the truly natural things are dreams$$$ which nature can't touch with decay.</p>

<p>That is a dream also. Only he has remained asleep$$$ while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?</p>

<p>Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.</p>

<p>It is necessary$$$ in this world$$$ to be made of harder stuff than one's environment.</p>

<p>In the midst of life$$$ we are in death.</p>

<p>Never hope$$$ to avoid disappointment; consider myself dead$$$ to keep from dying</p>