"Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky."
"The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things."
"It was not in me It came and wentI wanted to hold it It was held by wine(I no longer know what it was)"
"It is always what I have already said: always the wish that you may find patience enough in yourself to endure, and simplicity enough to believe; that you may acquire more and more confidence in that which is difficult, and in your solitude among others. And for the rest, let life happen to you. Believe me: life is right, in any case."
"Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other."
"The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things."