I regard myself as one of the most dangerous enemies of religion

In the depths of my heart I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless.

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

As regards intellectual work it remains a fact, indeed, that great decisions in the realm of thought and momentous discoveries and solutions of problems are only possible to an individual, working in solitude.

He does not believe that does not live according to his belief.

The ego refuses to be distressed by the provocations of reality, to let itself be compelled to suffer. It insists that it cannot be affected by the traumas of the external world; it shows, in fact, that such traumas are no more than occasions for it to gain pleasure.

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.