And once he had seen this, he could never again see it otherwise, just as we cannot reconstruct an illusion once it has been explained.

In order to understand, observe, deduce, man must first be conscious of himself as alive.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

I am obliged to renounce violence, and abstain from it altogether.

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

It's not so much that he can't fall in love, but he has not the weakness necessary.

People of limited intelligence are fond of talking about "these days," imagining that they have discovered and appraised the peculiarities of "these days" and that human nature changes with the times.