"The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end swallows up the light. The human soul is a pupil which dilates in suffering and in the end swallows up God."

"The human soul has greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live."

"I have a horror of being photographed. I feel as though the camera is stealing my soul."

"The healthy stomach is a good cook."

"There are no such things as small countries. All countries are great through the role they play in the history of mankind."