Of the truly creative no one is ever master; it must be left to go its own way.

People of uncommon abilities generally fall into eccentricities when their sphere of life is not adequate to their abilities.

When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies

Out of moderation a pure happiness springs.

The misery that oppresses you lies not in your profession but in yourself! What man in the world would not find his situation intolerable if he chooses a craft, an art, indeed any form of life, without experiencing an inner calling? Whoever is born with a talent, or to a talent, must surely find in that the most pleasing of occupations! Everything on this earth has its difficult sides! Only some inner drive - pleasure, love - can help us overcome obstacles, prepare a path, and lift as out of the narrow circle in which others tread out their anguished, miserable existences!