A piece of art is good if it is born of necessity. This, its source, is its criterion; there is no other.
A work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity. The verdict on it lies in this nature of its origin: there is no other.
There are no classes in life for beginners: right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.
I hold this to be the highest task of a bond between two people: that each should stand guard over the solitude of the other.
It was not in me It came and wentI wanted to hold it It was held by wine(I no longer know what it was)
In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write?
For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terrorwhich we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so,because it serenely disdains to destroy us.Every angel is terrible.
For one human being to love another human being: that is perhaps the most difficult task that has been given to us, the ultimate, the final problem and proof, the work for which all other work is merely preparation.
Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.
Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.
This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess.
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.
For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage.
Bản chất một người không phụ thuộc vào cuộc nói chuyện gần nhất mà thể hiện trong toàn bộ mối quan hệ.
Không có lớp học dạy đời cho những người mới bắt đầu; luôn luôn bạn sẽ buộc phải ứng phó với điều khó khăn nhất ngay lập tức.
Trong tình yêu, chúng ta chỉ cần luyện tập điều này: buông thả người kia. Vì nắm giữ rất dễ; ta không cần phải học.
Đây là điều được dạy cho chúng ta: ngã, kiên nhẫn tin tưởng vào sức nặng của mình. Thậm chí con chim cũng làm được điều đó trước khi có thể bay.
Có điều kỳ diệu xảy đến với những người thực sự biết yêu thương: họ càng cho nhiều, họ càng có nhiều.
