Youth is an unpleasant period; for then it is not possible or not prudent to be productive in any sense whatsoever.

Creation is the great redemption from suffering and all life's growing light. But the creator must be suffering if needed and accept much change.

Thou seekest disciples? Then thou seekest ciphers.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

Spirit is the life that itself cuts into life: with its own torment it increases its own knowledge. Did you already know that?

I know no other way to associate with great tasks than as play: as a sign of greatness, this is an essential presupposition.

The saying, "The Magyar is much too lazy to be bored," is worth thinking about. Only the most subtle and active animals are capable of boredom.--A theme for a great poet would be God's boredom on the seventh day of creation.