Welcome everything that comes to you but do not long for anything else.
Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases.
One completely overcomes only what one assimilates.
It is now and in this world that we must live.
The world will be saved by one or two people.
What another would have done as well as you do not do it. What another would have said as well as you do not say it. What another would have written as well do not write it. Be faithful to that whi...
The scholar seeks the artist finds.
Our judgements about things vary according to the time left us to live -that we think is left us to live.
Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the prece...
Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
We live counterfeit lives in order to resemble the idea we first had of ourselves.
There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.
What I dislike least in my former self are the moments of prayer.
One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything and consequently get nothing.
Nothing is good for everyone but only relatively to some people.
In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other...
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of shore for a very long time.
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
