“I opanował go rodzaj rozczulenia, prosta, a nabożna sympatia do własnego serca, do bijącego ludzkiego serca...”

“We do not fear being called meticulous, inclining as we do to the view that only the exhaustive can be truly interesting.”

“Technology and comfort - having those, people speak of culture, but do not have it.”

“Passion-means to live for life's sake but I am well aware you Germans live for the sake of experience. Passion means to forget ones self. But you do things in order to enrich yourselves.”

“Dobrze wiemy, że odzwyczajenie się i przyzwyczajenie do czegos nowego jest jedynym środkiem, który utrzymuje nasze życie, odświeża nasz zmysł czasu -- jedynym, dzięki któremu możemy odmłodzić, wzmocnić, zwolnić nasze przeżywanie czasu i tym samym odnowić nasze poczucie życia w ogóle.”

“One always needs to be reminded; one is by no means always in possession of one’s whole self. Our consciousness is feeble; only in moments of unusual clarity and vision do we really know about ourselves.”

“…But sometimes a person begins with opinions and judgments and valid criticisms, but then things creep in that have nothing to do with forming opinions, and then it’s all over with strict logic, and what you end up with is an absurd world republic and beautiful style.”