I speak and the child plays: who can be more serious than we are?

Whoever wants to set a good example must add a grain of foolishness to his virtue: then others can imitate and yet at the same time surpass the one they imitate-which human beings love to do.

One should steal only where one cannot rob.

Genuine historical knowledge requires nobility of character, a profound understanding of human existence - not detachment and objectivity.

For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.

All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.

If you buy the why, the how is infinitely bearable