August Strindberg

"I believe that work is the salvation of the soul."

"Time is a cruel master; we are all its slaves."

"The greatest strength is the ability to appear weak when you are strong."

"I write as I feel, and I feel what I live."

"Adventure is the path to authentic living."

"The young believe themselves immortal; the old know they are not."

"Progress is made by the unreasonable man who demands the impossible."

"I cannot forgive, but I can forget."

"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time."

"To be a poet is not merely a profession; it is a way of seeing the world."

"The ugliest truth is better than the most beautiful lie."

"We are all passengers on the same vessel bound for unknown waters."

"Marriage is the grave of love."

"The more we know, the more we realize how little we know."

"I have sought the truth everywhere, and found it nowhere but in myself."

"Peace is merely an armistice between wars."

"The modern world is full of the old ideas of the ancient world."

"I am a tool in the hands of fate."

"Genius is the art of seeing things that are not there."

"The only true freedom is the freedom to choose your own suffering."

"I prefer my enemies to my friends; they are more honest."

"The world is a madhouse, and we are all the mad."

"To create is to suffer; creation demands pain."

"I have nothing but contempt for the false modesty of the virtuous."

"The greatest tragedy is not to have loved at all."

"What others think of you is their business, not yours."

"I believe in living dangerously."

"The truth may be bitter, but it is always better than a sweet lie."

"I have learned to accept the fact that I am disliked."

"The only way to deal with misery is to embrace it."