"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."

"Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live."

"Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work."

"Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work."

"There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it"

"Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars."

"Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world."

"One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels."

"It’s hard to communicate anything exactly and that’s why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find."