"I am unwilling to submit to any procedure for the determination of my mental condition."

"I have been so misunderstood, so misrepresented, so abused, by my enemies, that it is a wonder I am still alive."

"From childhood I was compelled to concentrate attention on myself. This caused me much suffering, but, on the other hand, it developed in me powers of introspection and observation."

"Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of external influence extends to infinite distance."

"An individual is transitory, races and peoples will come and go, but man remains. This is wherein lies a deep difference between an individual and a whole."