“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.”
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.”
“No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life.”
“All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.”
“The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”
“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”
“He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster.”
“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
“And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.”
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
“The mountains are calling and I must go.”
“It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.”
“We are not only responsible for what we do, but also for what we do not do.”
“One ought to look a good while at oneself before thinking of condemning others.”
“Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.”