There is no growth except in the fulfillment of obligations.

One's suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields - even to sadness.

Peace dies when the framework is ripped apart. When there is no longer a place that is yours in the world. When you know no longer where your friend is to be found.

The strong are strengthened by reverses; the trouble is that the true meaning of events scores next to nothing in the match we play with men. Appearances decide our gains or losses and the points are trumpery. And a mere semblance of defeat may hopelessly checkmate us.

But games always cover something deep and intense, else there would be no excitement in them, no pleasure, no power to stir us.

Only the children know what they are looking for.

One cannot build life from refrigerators, politics, credit statements and crossword puzzles. That is impossible. Nor can one exist for any length of time without poetry, without color, without love.