I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door again and see a human face looking at me.

Play is the exultation of the possible.

The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.

The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.

There are three principles in a man’s being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don’t do what I say.

Through the Thou a person becomes I.

To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin.

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.

For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his whole being; it is possible to silence the conflict in the soul, but it is not possible to uproot it.