We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Humans are creatures, who spent their lifes trying to convince themselves, that their existence is not absurd

God put self-pity by the side of despair like the cure by the side of the disease.

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

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.