But it's peculiar, as soon as I am in the midst of nature and by myself, everything that is base and trivial vanishes without trace. On such days nothing scares me; and this helps me again and again.

I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A man of great talent, far more gifted than I. He died very young... he killed himself in the prime of his life.

We all return. It is this certainty that gives meaning to life and it does not make the slightest difference whether or not in a later incarnation we remember the former life. What counts is not the individual and his comfort, but the great aspiration to the perfect and the pure which goes on in each incarnation.

It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces.

I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas; I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day.

Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.

Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.