Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim.

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation.

Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you.

All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth.

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?

His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations.

When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about

The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.

Explain nothing. Put it there. Say it. Leave.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

The most cruel and disobedient people will be saved, if there is one who would stand before God for His people

Being a good person has nothing to do with allowing people to destroy you.

I wanted to learn everything I could about what it takes to be a great chef. It was a turning point for me.

If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior

I have long been convinced that my artistic ideal stands or falls with Germany. Only the Germany that we love and desire can help us achieve that ideal.

Everything here must be done twice as no one can do it right the first time.

The source is within you. And this whole world is springing up from it.

I would rather train someone and lose them, than not train them and keep them

Don't give up just because of what someone said. Use it as motivation to push harder.