Man is a creature that can get accustomed to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.

I believe the best definition of man is the ungrateful biped.

I used to analyze myself down to the last thread, used to compare myself with others, recalled all the smallest glances, smiles and words of those to whom I’d tried to be frank, interpreted everything in a bad light, laughed viciously at my attempts ‘to be like the rest’ –and suddenly, in the midst of my laughing, I’d give way to sadness, fall into ludicrous despondency and once again start the whole process all over again – in short, I went round and round like a squirrel on a wheel.

The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence.

Wealth is the number of things one can do without.

Every man looks out for himself, and he has the happiest life who manages to hoodwink himself best of all.

Although your mind works, your heart is darkened with depravity; and without a pure heart there can be no complete and true consciousness