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.

Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Don’t make ripples all around you, don’t try to be interesting, keep your distance, be honest, fight the desire to be thought fascinating by the outside world.

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

If one burdens the future with one's worries, it cannot grow organically. I am filled with confidence, not that I shall succeed in worldly things, but that even when things go badly for me I shall still find life good and worth living.

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.

And now that I don't want to own anything any more and am free, now I suddenly own everything, now my inner riches are immeasurable.

To live fully, outwardly and inwardly, not to ignore the external reality for the sake of the inner life, or the reverse, that's quite a task