Each man's life represents a road toward himself, an attempt at such a road, the intimation of a path. No man has ever been entirely and completely himself.

...As every one of us knows, there are some festivals and games in which everything goes right, and every element lifts up, animates, and exalts every other, just as there are theatrical and musical performances which without any clearly discernible cause seem to ascend miraculously to glorious climaxes and intensely felt experiences, whereas others, just as well prepared, remain no more than decent tries.

If I know what love is, it is because of you.

Wisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish.

In every truth, the opposite is equally true. For example, a truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is onesided.

Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the calmness of his figure, in which there was no trace of seeking, desiring, imitating, or striving, only light and peace

How foolish to wear oneself out in vain longing for warmth! Solitude is independence.