... there is no such thing as a rational world and a separate irrational world, but only one world containing both.

An impractical man--which he not only seems to be, but really is--will always be unreliable and unpredictable in his dealings with others. He will engage in actions that mean something else to him than to others, but he is at peace with himself about everything as long as he can make it all come together in a fine idea.

But how do I get to having to write a book?... It was a mother who bore me, not an inkwell!

... the structure of a page of good prose is, analyzed logically, not something frozen but the vibrating of a bridge, which changes with every step one takes on it.

He who is allowed to do as he likes will soon run his head into a brick wall out of sheer frustration.

The thought is not something that observes an inner event, but, rather it is this inner event itself. We do not reflect on something, but, rather, something thinks itself in us.

A politician who climbs high over the bodies of the slain is described as vile or great according to the degree of his success.