“The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.”
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They say geniuses mostly have great mothers. They mostly have sad fates.
I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams.
Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.
Be still when you have nothing to say when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.
