Man cannot live without a continuous confidence in something indestructible within himself.

Work as joy, inaccessible to the psychologists.

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the Tree of Life separates Him from us.

They say ignorance is bliss.... they're wrong

It is strange how little sharpsightedness women possess; they only notice whether they please, then whether they arouse pity, and finally, whether you look for compassion from them. That is all; come to think of it, it may even be enough, generally speaking.

Time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible, then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres.

I am always trying to convey something that can’t be conveyed, to explain something which is inexplicable, to tell about something I have in my bones, something which can be expressed only in the bones.