Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.

The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.

Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.

The truth is lived, not taught.

lucid and quiet his voice hovered above the listeners, like a light, like a starry sky.

All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.

Each man's life represents a road toward himself, an attempt at such a road, the intimation of a path. No man has ever been entirely and completely himself.