What? A great man? I only ever see the ape of his own ideal.

We ought to face our destiny with courage.

Underneath the reality in which we live and have our being, another altogether different reality lies concealed.

Every word is a preconceived judgment.

Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity. For the crowd believes that if it cannot see to the bottom of something it must be profound. It is so timid and dislikes going into the water.

Dreadful experiences raise the question whether he who experiences them, is not something dreadful also.

I understand by 'freedom of spirit' something quite definite - the unconditional will to say No, where it is dangerous to say No.