Emerson is a person who lives instinctively on ambrosia - and leaves everything indigestible on his plate.

The criminal type is the type of the strong human being under unfavorable circumstances: a strong human being made sick.

Man's task is simple. He should cease letting his existence be a thoughtless accident.

The value of life itself cannot be estimated.

He who strays from the customary becomes a sacrifice to the extraordinary; he who keeps to the customary becomes its slave. He iscondemned to perish in either case.

He divines remedies against injuries; he knows how to turn serious accidents to his own advantage; whatever does not kill him makes him stronger

Lightning and thunder need time, the light of the stars needs time, deeds need time, even after they are done, to be seen and heard.