A man is really alive only when he delights in the good-will of others.

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.

Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay he seeks to reshape it into a figure; yet it is the same with this art as with all others: only the capacity for it is innate; the art itself must be learned and painstakingly practiced.

If you want to get pleasure out of life, you must attach value to the world.

A man is really alive only when he delights in the good-will of others.

The philosophers must station themselves in the middle.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.