The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth.

A correct diagnosis is three-fourths the remedy.

The expert knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing.

Bravery on the battlefield is impossible for us. Bravery of the soul still remains open to us.

All truths, not merely ideas, but truthful faces, truthful pictures or songs, are highly beautiful.

Outward appearance is nothing to Him if it is not an expression of the inner.

The secret of a happy life lies in renunciation. Renunciation is life.