Life on earth means: the sprouting of wings.

A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.

so few in reality are the true necessities of man

There is no harsher means of punishment, than to answer malice with kindness.

Everything in this world has a hidden meaning, I thought. Men, animals, trees, stars, they are all hieroglyphics; woe to anyone who begins to decipher them and guess what they mean.... When you see them, you do not understand them. You think they are really men, animals, trees, stars. It is only years later, too late, that you understand.

Let your youth have free reign, it won't come again, so be bold and no repenting.

Before me is the abyss. How can I leap across it? And if I do not leap, how shall I ever be able to reach God?