In Germany I have been acknowledged again since the fall of Hitler, but my works, partly suppressed by the Nazis and partly destroyed by the war; have not yet been republished there.

A mere nothing suffices — and the lightning strikes.

Art is contemplation of the world in a state of grace and imaginatively reflecting that subjective understanding.

Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.

The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.

Without a mother, one cannot love. Without a mother, one cannot die.

A man who is ill-adjusted to the world is always on the verge of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds himself, but gets to be a cabinet minister.