Be careful when you cast out your demons that you don’t throw away the best of yourself.

Be careful who you choose as your enemy because that's who you become most like.

Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood.

I and me are always too deeply in conversation.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Become who you are. Make what only you can make.

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

There's no defense against stupidity.

No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

The real question is: How much truth can I stand?

I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.

We have art so that we shall not die of reality.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

Our greatest experiences are our quietest moments.

Loneliness is one thing, solitude another.

I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.

They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.

He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.