Writing [is] a form of prayer.
I made the remark that I don't avoid people in order to live quietly, but rather in order to be able to die quietly.
Humility provides everyone, even him who despairs in solitude, with the strongest relationship to his fellow man.
You are at once both the quiet and the confusion of my heart.
True undoubting is the teacher's part, continual undoubting the part of the pupil.
From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.