"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."
"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."
"All I need is a sheet of paperand something to write with, and thenI can turn the world upside down."
"Art is the proper task of life."
"Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it."
"No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone."