The will to truth is merely the longing for a stable world.

A physician who treated me as a nervous case for a while said in the end "No! It is not a matter of your nerves; it is I who am nervous".

Conversation with a friend will only bear good fruit of knowledge when both think only of the matter under consideration and forget that they are friends.

Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is easy to pull out.

I change too quickly: my today refutes my yesterday. When I ascend I often jump over steps, and no step forgives me that.

Some mothers need happy children; others need unhappy ones-otherwise they cannot prove their maternal virtues.

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.