There is no patriotic art.

Giving is the business of the rich.

I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy

Treat people the way they are and they will stay that way. Treat people the way they can become and they will become that way.

The mark of highest originality lies in the ability to develop a familiar idea so fruitfully that it would seem no one else would ever have discovered so much to be hidden in it.

Voluntary dependence is the wonderful form of existence, and how could that be possible without love?

[W]hat counts is that one perceives excellence and dares to give it expression, which sounds little but is in fact a great deal.