He who has made a thousand things and he who has made none, both feel the same desire: to make something.
When I look for my existence I do not look for it in myself.
Injury, when it is slight, upsets me; when it is strong it calms me.
The less you think you are, the more you bear. And if you think you are nothing, you bear everything.
You can owe nothing, if you give back its light to the sun.
God has given a great deal to man, but man would like something from man.