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.

There is more wisdom in your body than in your best wisdom. And who then knows why your body needs precisely your best wisdom?

The machine is impersonal, it takes the pride away from a piece of work, the individual merits and defects that go along with allwork that is not done by a machine--which is to say, its little bit of humanity.

If a man has character, he has also his typical experience, which always recurs.

Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.

What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.