Of what is great one must either be silent or speak with greatness. With greatness--that means cynically and with innocence.

There are expressions and bulls-eyes of the spirit, there are epigrams, a little handful of words, in which a whole culture, a whole society is suddenly crystallized.

The desire to create continually is vulgar and betrays jealousy, envy, ambition. If one is something one really does not need to make anything --and one nonetheless does very much. There exists above the ''productive'' man a yet higher species.

How do you expect to learn to dance when you have not even learned to walk! And above the dancer is still the flyer and his bliss.

When you gaze long into the Abyss of Sustainability, the Abyss of Sustainability also gazes into you.

One never dives into the water to save a drowning man more eagerly than when there are others present who dare not take the risk.

They call you heartless; but you have a heart and I love you for being ashamed to show it.