Art is both creation and recreation.

Only he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master of his ideas is not enslaved by them.

The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

Few men who have liberated themselves from the fear of God and the fear of death are yet able to liberate themselves from the fear of man.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

The history omankind seems like kite flying; sometimes, when the wind is favorable, we let go the string a little and the kite soars a little higher; sometimes the wind is too rough and we have to lower it a little, and sometimes it gets caught among the tree branches; but to reach the upper strata of pure bliss-ah, perhaps never.

There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man.