Lay hold of life with both hands, whenever thou mayest seize it, it is interesting.

Only he who finds empiricism irksome is driven to method.

When the healthy nature of man acts as a whole, when he feels himself to be in the world as in a great, beautiful, noble, and valued whole, when harmonious ease affords him a pure and free delight, then the universe, if it could experience itself, would exult, as having attained its goal, and admire the climax of its own becoming and essence.

From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.

He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds his feet uncovered.

He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.

At bottom, no real object is unpoetical, if the poet knows how to use it properly.