"The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominant thought patterns."

"The more we value things, the less we value ourselves."

"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it."

"Be self-aware, rather than a repetitious robot."

"Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them."

"Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically your own."

"I like to have space to spread my mind out in."

"One cannot look at the sea without wishing for the presence of someone, and then it is better to be alone."

"It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top."

"Heavens, how I like to be alone!"

"A farm, a house, a garden, a small income, and the work that one chooses and loves—that is the good life."

"The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity."

"I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me."

"Nothing thicker than a knife's blade separates happiness from melancholy."

"I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life."