He knew she was there by the joy and terror that took possession of his heart [...] Everything was lit up by her. She was the smile that brightened everything around.

Then he thought himself unhappy, but happiness was all in the future; now he felt that the best happiness was already in the past.

A man can spend several hours sitting cross-legged in the same position if he knows that noting prevents him from changing it; but if he knows that he has to sit with his legs crossed like that, he will get cramps, his legs will twitch and strain towards where he would like to stretch them.

When joy disappears, look for your mistake

Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.

I don't think badly of people. I like everybody, and I'm sorry for everybody.

If it were not so frightening it would be amusing to observe the pride and complacency with which we, like children, take apart the watch, pull out the spring and make a toy of it, and are then surprised when the watch stops working.