He who makes great demands upon himself is naturally inclined to make great demands on others.

The most beaten paths are certainly the surest; but do not hope to scare up much game on them.

I should like to enjoy this summer flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one for me.

From the satisfaction of desire there may arise, accompanying joy and as it were sheltering behind it, something not unlike despair.

The very act of sacrifice magnifies the one who sacrifices himself to the point where his sacrifice is much more costly to humanity than would have been

Though a revolution may call itself “national,” it always marks the victory of a single party.

Never have I been able to settle in life. Always seated askew, as if on the arm of a chair; ready to get up, to leave.

Man’s responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases.

What eludes logic is the most precious element in us, and one can draw nothing from a syllogism that the mind has not put there in advance.

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.