Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

A man is his own easiest dupe, 

for what he wishes to be true.

When I was still a rather precocious young man, 

I already realised most vividly 

the futility of the hopes and aspirations 

that most men pursue throughout their lives.

Go to the end of the path until you get to the gate.

Go through the gate and head straight out towards the horizon.

Keep going towards the horizon.

Sit down and have a rest every now and again,

But keep on going, just keep on with it.

Keep on going as far as you can.

That’s how you get there.

Idea is the object of thinking.

Cynical realism 

is the intelligent man's best excuse 

for doing nothing 

in an intolerable situation.

The robbed that smiles 

steals something from the thief.

Mythologies are in fact the public dreams 

that move and shape societies, 

and conversely one’s own dreams are the little myths 

of the private gods, antigods, and guardian powers 

that are moving and shaping oneself: 

revelations of the actual fears, desires, aims and values 

by which one’s life is subliminally ordered.

It is the function of art
to carry us beyond speech
to experience.

He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper 

but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances

How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. 

Now we have some hope of making progress.

I am too rich already, 

for my eyes mint gold.