To have a positive religion is not necessary. To be in harmony with yourself and the universe is what counts, and this is possible without positive and specific formulation in words.

The confidant of my vices is my master, though he were my valet.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Sometimes I don't understand how another can love her, is allowed to love her, since I love her so completely myself, so intensely, so fully, grasp nothing, know nothing, have nothing but her!

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.

Neither a work of nature nor one of art we get to know when they have been finished; we must surprise them in the process of beingcreated so as to understand them to some degree.

Beauty is at once the ultimate principle and the highest aim of art.