I have never since entirely freed myself of the impression that this life is a segment of existence which is enacted in a three-dimensional boxlike universe especially set up for it.

It is not for us . . . to send out missionaries to foreign peoples; it is our task to build up our own Western culture.

Modern man is battered by the fundamental forces of his own psyche.

The bigger the crowd, the more negligible the individual.

A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.

Plants were bound for good or ill to their places. They expressed not only beauty but also the thoughts of God's world, with an intent of their own and without deviation. Trees in particular were mysterious and seemed to me direct embodiments of the incomprehensible meaning of life. For that reason, the woods were the places where I felt closest to its deepest meaning and to its awe-inspiring workings.

I am this bundle of what has been, and what has been accomplished.