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The doer alone learneth.
The ‘kingdom of Heaven’ is a condition of the heart – not something that comes ‘upon the earth’ or ‘after death.’
In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.
The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.
He who laughs best today, will also laughs last.
Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.
Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.
For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.
When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art.
Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.