"When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it."

"Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life."

"Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination and craving for power that are in the heart of almost everyone. Until the source is cleared, there will always be confusion and hate, wars and class antagonisms."

"All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man."

"Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love."

"A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years."

"Love is what you've been through with somebody."

"It is easy for me to love myself, but for ladies to do it is another question altogether."