“Where one can no longer love, there one should pass by.”

“Out of love alone shall my despising and my warning bird fly up, not out of swamp. (...) Where one can no longer love, there one should pass by.”

“One knows a little too much about everybody. And we can even see through some men, and yet we can by no means pass through them.”

“Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast attracts our avarice: possessions are generally diminished by possession.”

“There is an innocence in admiration: it occurs in one who has not yet realized that they might one day be admired.”

“To live alone one must be either a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both - a philosopher.”

“I tell you: one must still have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star. I tell you: you have still chaos in you.”