August Strindberg

"All who have achieved great things have been great dreamers."

"Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated."

"The battle between life and death is the oldest story ever told."

"Women wish to be loved without qualification, not to be always subjected to the test of their utility."

"I am a man of letters; I was born to write."

"Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things."

"The most dangerous poison is the belief that you know everything."

"When one is young, one venerates and despises without that intricate reasoning which overlooks or plays with both bad and good."

"Everything can be endured if the heart is willing."

"The imagination is the beginning of creation."

"I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life."

"Pleasure is the sole basis of all morality."

"Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be experienced."

"The reformer is always right about what is wrong, he is generally wrong about what is right."

"To understand one's past is the best preparation for the future."

"I have been in continual combat with myself all my life."

"The old must make way for the new, even if the new is not quite ready."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and imprisonment."

"Every new discovery is made by someone who has refused to believe that the thing cannot be done."

"I feel no sympathy with my fellow men. I have no pity. I have no hope."

"The great men of history have always been men of passion."

"Life is worth living provided you don't weaken."

"In the union of man and woman lies the source of all creation."

"An artist's worth is measured by his love for truth."

"The best that life offers is the opportunity to work hard at work worth doing."

"I have come to regard November as the fallen leaf month."

"Happiness is a chemistry that cannot be manufactured."

"Despair is a luxury the poor cannot afford."

"When people are not laughing, they are generally unhappy."

"One should demand more from oneself than from others."