The highest form of love is to be the protector of another person’s solitude.

Animals see the unobstructed world with their whole eyes. But our eyes, turned back upon themselves, encircle and seek to snare the world, setting traps for freedom.

The point of marriage is not to create a quick commonality by tearing down all boundaries on the contrary, a good marriage is one in which each partner appoints the other to be the guardian of his solitude, and thus they show each other the greatest possible trust.

To all that is used-up, and to all the muffled and dumb creatures in the world's full reserve, the unsayable sums, joyfully add yourself, and cancel the count.

To be an artist means not to compute or count.

We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.

Our task is to listen to the news that is always arriving out of silence.