Whoever today speaks of human existence in terms of power, efficiency, and historical tasks is an actual or potential assassin.
We spend our days in deliberating, and we end them without coming to any resolve.
In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.
To grow old is to pass from passion to compassion.
All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out.
After another moment's silence she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust her for the very same reason.