The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

People at the top are closing ranks so tightly that all possibility of subjective deviation has gone, and difference can be sought only in the more distinguished cut of an evening dress.

When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality.

Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

Triviality is evil - triviality, that is, in the form of consciousness and mind that adapts itself to the world as it is, that obeys the principle of inertia. And this principle of inertia truly is what is radically evil.

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.

The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass available.