The real 19th century prophet was Dostoevsky, not Karl Marx.

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion; in order to serve others better, one has to hold them at a distance for a time. But where can one find the solitude necessary to vigor, the deep breath in which the mind collects itself and courage gauges its strength? There remain big cities.

There is no frontier between being and appearing.

We have to live and let live in order to create what we are.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

In our well-policed society we recognize that an illness is serious from the fact that we don't dare speak of it directly.

There are more things to admire in men than to despise.