Love is never finished expressing itself, and it expresses itself better the more poetically it is dreamed.

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

The only possible proof of the existence of water, the most convincing and the most intimately true proof, is thirst.

A man is a man to the extent that he is a superman. A man should be defined by the sum of those tendencies which impel him to surpass the human condition.

At all times and in all fields the explanation by fire is a rich explanation.

The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.