"We seldom break a leg as long..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“Deep is the well of truth and long does it take to know what has fallen into its depths.”

“To call a thing good not a day longer than it appears to us good, and above all not a day earlier - that is the only way to keep joy pure.”

“Art is the highest task and the proper metaphysical activity of this life.”

“A well-fashioned day - with a beginning and an end, a purpose and a content, a color and a character, a feel and a texture - takes it place among the many and becomes a valuable memory and treasure. At midnight the winged messengers come and gather up all these pieces and take them off to wherever the mosaic is kept. And surely, on occasion, one messenger says to another, 'Wait 'til you see this one.'”

“Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me.”

“Man cannot stand a meaningless life.”

“Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a poor substitute for it. The function of the mere critic is of very subordinate usefulness. It is the doer of deeds who actually counts in the battle for life, and not the man who looks on and says how the fight ought to be fought, without himself sharing the stress and the danger.”

“Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.”

“To supply a thought is mental massage; but to evolve a thought of your own is an achievement. Thinking is a brain exercise and no faculty grows save as it is exercised.”