One is necessary, one is a piece of fate, one belongs to the whole, one is the whole - there exists nothing which could judge, measure, compare, condemn our being, for that would be to judge, measure, compare, condemn the whole...But nothing exists apart from the whole!

Are you one who looks on? or lends a hand? - or who looks away, sidles off?...Third question for the conscience.

He who recites dramatic works makes discoveries about his own character.

Be generous in nature and thought; for this wins respect and gives confidence and power.

The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man.

The purpose of punishment is to improve those who do the punishing--that is the final recourse of those who support punishment.

It is neither the best nor the worst things in a book that defy translation.