They climb the mountain like beasts, stupid and sweating; it seems that no one bothered to tell them that there are beautiful vistas along the way.

We talk about taking "pleasure in a thing": but in truth it is pleasure in ourselves, mediated by a thing.

Become who you are!

THE TEACHER AS A NECESSARY EVIL. Let us have as few people as possible between the productive minds and the hungry and recipient minds! The middlemen almost unconsciously adulterate the food which they supply. It is because of teachers that so little is learned, and that so badly.

you must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame; how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?

When there is a choice about it, a great sacrifice is preferable to a small sacrifice, because we compensate ourselves for a greatone with self-admiration, which is not possible with a small one.

Without music, life would be a mistake... I would only believe in a God who knew how to dance.