The value of a man can only be measured with regard to other men.

Why does man not see things? He is himself standing in the way: he conceals things.

Not infrequently, we encounter copies of important human beings; and here, too, as in the case of paintings, most people prefer the copies to the originals.

The elimination of the will altogether and the switching off of the emotions all and sundry, is tantamount to the elimination of reason: intellectual castration.

The same passions in man and woman nonetheless differ in tempo; hence man and woman do not cease misunderstanding one another.

Let us not underestimate the privileges of the mediocre. As one climbs higher, life becomes ever harder, the coldness increases, responsibility increases.

Man alone suffers so excruciatingly in the world that he was compelled to invent laughter.