Some mothers need happy children; others need unhappy ones-otherwise they cannot prove their maternal virtues.

Annoyance is a physical malady that is in no way cured just because the annoying situation that causes it is eliminated.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

Completely true to nature!' - what a lie: / How could nature ever be constrained into a picture? / The smallest bit of nature is infinite! / And so he paints what he likes about it. / And what does he like? He likes what he can paint!

Whenever the strength of a belief strongly steps into the foreground, we must infer a certain weakness of demonstrability and the improbability of that belief.

Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.

The apprentice and the master love the master in different ways.