You tell me: 'Life is hard to bear.' But if it were otherwise why should ou have your pride in the morning nad your resignation in the evening?

The consequence is that every man comes to know himself solely in terms of his power for defence and attack.

Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the heights; as something more delicate, more fragile, more savage, stranger, sweeter, soulful--but as something which has to be caged up so that it shall not fly away.

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

Love and hatred are not blind, but are blinded by the fire they bear within themselves.

Lying very still and thinking very little is the most inexpensive medicine for all the sicknesses of the soul, and when administered with good intentions it grows more and more pleasant with each passing hour.

In our own presence, we all pretend to be simpler than we are: thus we take a break from our fellow human beings.