Every beginning is cheerful.

Truth is a torch but a tremendous one. That is why we hurry past it, shielding our eyes, indeed, in fear of getting burned.

A plant is like a self-willed man, out of whom we can obtain all which we desire, if we will only treat him his own way.

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone who thinks and feels with us, and who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

One can't dull a project better than by discussing it repeatedly.

The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it.