Poetics Quotes

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.”

“The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him.”

“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”

“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.”

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”