We fear our neighbor's hostile mood because we are afraid that this mood will lead him to penetrate our secrets.

However unchristian it may seem, I do not even bear any ill feeling towards myself.

Even the bravest only rarely have courage for what they really know.

No one dies of fatal truths nowadays: there are too many antidotes.

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

When our brain feels too weak to deal with our opponent's objections, our heart answers by casting suspicion on their underlying motives.

If we have our own why of life, we shall get along with almost any how. Man does not strive for pleasure; only the Englishman does.