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! 229
Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive. 244
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. 464
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. 249
To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it. 216
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves. 245
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. 299
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved – loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. 239
