To be lost in spiritlessness is the most terrible thing of all.

Geniuses are like thunderstorms: they go against the wind, terrify people, clear the air.

I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both.

Had I to carve an inscription on my tombstone I would ask for none other than "The Individual."

It is perhaps the misfortune of my life that I am interested in far too much but not decisively in any one thing; all my interests are not subordinated in one but stand on an equal footing.

With respect to physical existence, one needs little, and to the degree that one needs less, the more perfect one is.

To be a woman is something so strange, so confusing and so complicated that only a woman could put up with it.