Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks he ought to destroy in others.

After each creative act one has to be sustained by one's strength of character, by a moral sense, by I don't know what, lest one tumble.

The more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world.

Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second.

Never give up, never escape, take everything in, and perhaps suffer, that's not too awful either, but never, never give up.

I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.

The externals are simply so many props; everything we need is within us.