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. We adults, on the other hand, have outgrown them and have to lower ourselves to stoop down to them. It seems to me that the grass hates us when we confess our love for it. Whoever would partake of all good things must understand how to be small at times.

I can still stand on life's narrowest footing: but who would I be were I to show you this art. Would you like to see a ropedancer?

The philosopher believes that the value of his philosophy lies in the whole, in the building: posterity discovers it in the bricks with which he built and which are then often used again for better building: in the fact, that is to say, that building can be destroyed and nonetheless possess value as material.

If married couples did not live together, happy marriages would be more frequent.

When gods die, they always die many sorts of death.

What separates two people most profoundly is a different sense and degree of cleanliness.

The golden fleece of self-sufficiency guards against cudgel- blows but not against pin-pricks.