“One ought not talk about oneself, it may hide Jesus from view.”
“Writing poetry is talking to oneself; yet it is a mode of talking to oneself in which the self disappears; and the product's something that, though it may not be for everybody, is about everybody.”
“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.”
“Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. ”
“one should always talk well about oneself! The word spreads around and in the end, noone remembers where it started”
“One may hide cruel. One may even hide a certain amount of madness. One can never hide stupidity.”