“Don't demand from life but wait until life brings the good stuff. If only you're open for the possibilities.”
“Freedom is the only thing we must demand in life, for all other good things stem from it”
“The "whole good" cannot be had, it would seem, without mustering all the strength of our inner life. Even in the sphere of external possessions there are goods which inherently demand, if they are to be truly ours, far more of us than mere acquisition. "'My garden,' the rich man said; his gardener smiled.”
“Books don't prattle. Books don't make demands. Yet they give you everything they possess. It's a very satisfying partnership.”
“You don't get strength for the load; you get strength from the load.”