The creative mind plays with the object it loves.

Whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that the things we have neglected will return with added force

Perhaps this sounds very simple, but simple things are always the most difficult. In actual life it requires the greatest discipline to be simple, and the acceptance of oneself is the essence of the moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook upon life.

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness.