I know that they're all unhappy because nobody loves the right person the way they should and because they don't understand that it's really their own self that they're mad at.

Levin delights in the forgetfulness that movement brings, where the pleasure of doing is marvellously foreign to the striving of the will.

...what I dread more than anything else in this life is noise...silence helps you to go inward..anyone who is interested in something more than just life outside actually needs silence.

As far as I can see, only psychoanalysis can compete with Christians in their love of drawn-out suffering.

If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become...will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'?

Music plays a huge role in my life. It is music that helps me to endure ... well ... everything there is to endure.

Entrusting one's life is not the same as opening up one's soul.