My genius is in my nostrils.

Whereas the man of action binds his life to reason and its concepts so that he will not be swept away and lost, the scientific investigator builds his hut right next to the tower of science so that he will be able to work on it and to find shelter for himself beneath those bulwarks which presently exist.

The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths - they haven't any.

A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for receiving letters and afterwards take a bath.

People press toward the light not in order to see better but in order to shine better.--We are happy to regard the one before whomwe shine as light.

Every step forward is made at the cost of mental and physical pain to someone.

It is only when we have ceased to be the followers of our followers that we comprehend how meaningless followers are.