Don't go fighting against the Spring.

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.

The people I admire most are those who are sensitive and want to create something or discover something, and do not see life in terms of power.

In the creative state a man is taken out of himself. He lets down as it were a bucket into his subconscious, and draws up something which is normally beyond his reach. He mixes this thing with his normal experiences and out of the mixture he makes a work of art.

Intuition attracts those who wish to be spiritual without any bother, because it promises a heaven where the intuitions of others can be ignored.

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

They go forth [into the world] with well-developed bodies, fairly developed minds and undeveloped hearts. An undeveloped heart - not a cold one. The difference is important.