“He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.”

“In the mountains of truth, you never climb in vain.”

“The real world is much smaller than the imaginary”

“On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow. -”

“He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. ”

“The tragedy is that we cannot believe the dogmas of religion and metaphysics if we have the strict methods of truth in heart and head, but on the other hand, we have become through the development of humanity so tenderly suffering that we need the highest kind of means of salvation and consolation: whence arises the danger that man may bleed to death through the truth that he realises.”

“Interpreting myself, I always readMyself into my books. I clearly needSome help. But all who climb on their own wayCarry my image, too, into the breaking day.”