The most dangerous follower is the one whose defection would destroy the whole party: hence, the best follower.

There is sense in hoping for recognition in a distant future only when we take it for granted that mankind will remain essentially unchanged, and that whatever is great is not for one age only but will be looked upon as great for all time.

It is not in how one soul approaches another but in how it withdraws that I knowr its affinity and solidarity with the other.

One hears - one does not seek; one takes - one does not ask who gives.

Every past is worth condemning.

We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are.

It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to give it a right foot and also a left one. Truth can surely stand on one leg, but with two it will be able to walk and get around.