With the strength of his spiritual sight and insight the distance, and as it were the space, around man continually expands: his world grows deeper, ever new stars, ever new images and enigmas come into view.

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.

The scaffolding must be removed once the house is built.

In affability there is no hatred of men, but for that very reason there is all too much contempt for men.

A vocation makes us unthinking; that is its greatest blessing. For it is a bulwark behind which we are permitted to withdraw whencommonplace doubts and cares assail us.

The great wars of the present age are the effects of the study of history.

He who is usually self-sufficient becomes exceptionally vain and keenly alive to fame and praise when he is physically ill. The more he loses himself the more he has to endeavor to regain his position by means of the opinion of others.