August Strindberg

"Intelligence without goodness is wickedness."

"The best teacher is the one who leads you to think for yourself."

"I have been called a madman, a fool, and a dreamer; I wear these names with pride."

"The night is full of mysteries that the day refuses to acknowledge."

"I am the architect of my own destiny, for better or worse."

"True strength is in admitting your weakness."

"The world does not owe you a living; you must earn it."

"I have failed at many things, but I have never failed to try."

"Love is the most beautiful thing, and the most destructive."

"The price of greatness is eternal solitude."

"I believe that every person contains universes within themselves."

"The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs."

"Marriage is the grave of love."

"I hate with a passion anything that smacks of humbug."

"A man is not unhappy because he is ambitious, but because he is frustrated."

"In life one must sometimes choose between being true and being kind."

"Woman is a morsel for the gods when she's young, but she becomes a problem for the devil when she's old."

"The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to begat."

"One can be deeply religious without being Christian."

"Suffering is the price of evolution."

"I cannot speak or write about anything except as I see it and feel it."

"The most destructive element in the human hand is the word."

"I have made my choice; I will always be a writer."

"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection."

"My fate as a writer was sealed the moment I was born."

"A man can never be certain what he is, for he is always becoming."

"I curse my fate because I am conscious."

"Art should not be a luxury for the few but a necessity for all."

"The young are philosophers, the middle-aged are politicians, the old are priests."

"One cannot love a second time what one has ceased to love."