And those whom once my song had cheered and gladdened, If still they live, rove through the world now saddened.

The solution of every problem is another problem

It is not given to us to grasp the truth, which is identical with the divine, directly. We perceive it only in reflection, in example and symbol, in singular and related appearances. It meets us as a kind of life which is incomprehensible to us, and yet we cannot free ourselves from the desire to comprehend it.

If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.

I have found among my papers a sheet . . . in which I call architecture frozen music.

A state of affairs which leads to daily vexation is not the right state.

That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst possess it.