Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things.

Creativity is Inspiration having fun

What a person thinks on his own without being stimulated by the thoughts and experiences of the other people is even in the best case rather paltry and monotonous.

If I am right the Germans will say I was a German, and the French will say I was a Jew; If I am wrong the Germans will say I was a Jew and the French will say I was a German.

Life is a Mystery, not a problem waiting to be solved.

If one studies too zealously, one easily loses his pants.

Between the difficulties, one hides the opportunity