We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are.

If you are too weak to give yourselves your own law, then a tyrant shall lay his yoke upon you and say: "Obey! Clench your teeth and obey!" And all good and evil shall be drowned in obedience to him.

Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.

When a man has just been greatly honored and has eaten a little he is the most generous.

I despise mystics, they fancy themselves so deep, when they aren't even superficial.

The Germans are incapable of any conception of greatness: proof Schumann.

He who is not a bird should not build his nest over abysses.