As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see.

Doing little things well is a step toward doing big things better.

...to look at the stars always makes me dream, as simply as I dream over the black dots of a map representing towns and villages. Why, I ask myself, should the shining dots of the sky not be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France?

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

Art is to console those who are broken by life.

...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?

I feel a certain calm. There is safety in the midst of danger. What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?