I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss! 254
Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive. 268
Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh. 618
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. 272
To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it. 237
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves. 324
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. 325
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved – loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. 284
