You gave him an opportunity of showing greatness of character and he did not seize it. He will never forgive you for that.

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

I looked for great men, but all I found were the apes of their ideals.

I fly in dreams, I know it is my privilege, I do not recall a single situation in dreams when I was unable to fly. To execute every sort of curve and angle with a light impulse, a flying mathematics - that is so distinct a happiness that it has permanently suffused my basic sense of happiness.

A man of genius is unbearable, unless he possesses at least two things besides: gratitude and purity.

Being human is a complicated gig. So give that ol' dark night of the soul a hug. Howl the eternal yes!

Belief in form, but disbelief in content - that's what makes an aphorism charming.