Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The Skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated.

Colors are the deeds/ and sufferings of light.

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.

The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.

The world of empirical morality consists for the most part of nothing but ill will and envy.

We are pantheists as natural scientists, polytheists as poets, and monotheists as moral beings.

Investigate what is, and not what pleases.