Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.
Georg SimmelEvery relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it.
Georg SimmelSecrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession.
Georg SimmelThe psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the swift and uninterrupted change of outer and inner stimuli.
Georg Simmel