For sleep, one needs endless depths of blackness to sink into; daylight is too shallow, it will not cover one.

Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me.

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after.

Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.