The individual never asserts himself more than when he forgets himself.
The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.
A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly
Our judgements about things vary according to the time left us to live -that we think is left us to live.
The artist who is after success lets himself be influenced by the public. Generally such an artist contributes nothing new, for the public acclaims only what it already knows, what it recognizes.
By the time a philospher answers a question weve usually forgotten what was asked.