A soul which knows that it is loved, but does not itself love, betrays its sediment: its dregs come up.

One begins to mistrust very clever people when they become embarrassed.

Whoever regards human beings as a herd and flees them as swiftly as he can will no doubt be overtaken by them and impaled on theirhorns.

What a dissimilarity we see in walking, swimming, and flying. And yet it is one and the same motion: it is just that the load- bearing capacity of the earth differs from that of the water, and that that of the water differs from that of the air! Thus we should also learn to fly as thinkers--and not imagine that we are thereby becoming idle dreamers!

From people who merely pray we must become people who bless.

The more a person indulges himself the less others are willing to indulge him.

All idealism is falsehood in the face of necessity.