Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. War and Peace

I have always thought that clarity is a form of courtesy that the philosopher owes; moreover, this discipline of ours considers it more truly a matter of honor today than ever before to be open to all minds … This is different from the individual sciences which increasingly [interpose] between the treasure of their discoveries and the curiosity of the profane the tremendous dragon of their closed terminology. History as a System

All I really wanted was to try and live the life that was spontaneously welling up within me. Why was that so very difficult? Demian

God is that infinite All of which man knows himself to be a finite part. Diary