The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
Blessed is he who has a soul, blessed is he who has none, but woe and grief to him who has it in embryo.
Life is real only then, when "I am".
Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.
The crowd neither wants nor seeks knowledge, and the leaders of the crowd, in their own interests, try to strengthen its fear and dislike of everything new and unknown. The slavery in which mankind lives is based upon this fear.
One of the strongest motives for wishing to work on yourself is the realization that you may die at any moment - only you must first realize this.