There are people who are so presumptuous that they know no other way to praise a greatness that they publicly admire than by representing it as a preliminary stage and bridge leading to themselves.

One must renounce the bad taste of wishing to agree with many people.

Our knowledge will take its revenge on us, just as ignorance exacted its revenge during the Middle Ages.

Necessity is not a fact; it's an interpretation.

You shall become the person you are.

And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, ''I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?

The criminal type is the type of the strong human being under unfavorable circumstances: a strong human being made sick.