One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be 'happy' is not included in the plan of Creation.' . . . We are so made that we can derive intense enjoyment only from a contrast and very little from a state of things.

Humor is a means of obtaining pleasure in spite of the distressing effects that interface with it.

Where does a thought go when it's forgotten?

Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God.

Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.

A string of reproaches against other people leads one to suspect the existence of a string of self-reproaches with the same content.

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.