Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.
“Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.”
“But inspiration? - That's when you come home from abroad and are asked: Well, have you found inspiration? - and fortunately you haven't. But the impressions sink in, of course, and may emerge later: None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago.”