“J'ai un but, une tche, disons le mot, une passion. Le mtier d'crire en est une violente et presque indestructible."[Letter to Jules Boucoiran, 4 March 1831]”

“People want things to be complicated, but they have to love themselves first and then each other and then it will seed everywhere”

“History as well as life itself is complicated -- neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.”

“Why was he drawn to complicated women, or were all women--all people, finally--complicated?”

“We make a lot of detours, but we're always heading for the same destination”

“On the road to nowhere there are many people who lack the vision to get you anywhere.”

“Its as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are.”

“Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.”

“People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.”