Identification with one's office or title is very attractive indeed, which is precisely why so many men are nothing more than the decorum accorded to them by society. In vain would one look for a personality behind the husk. Underneath one would find a very pitiable little creature. That is why the office is so attractive: it offers easy compensation for personal deficiencies.

We need more understanding of human nature, because the only real danger that exists is man himself.

Meaning makes a great many things endurable---per haps everything.

The brighter the light, the darker the shadow.

The individual disposition is already a factor in childhood; it is innate, and not acquired in the course of a life.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

To the critical intelligence, nothing is left of absolute reality.