"We run heedlessly into the abyss after putting something in front of us to stop us from seeing it."

"What is the 'I'? A man at a window sees the passers-by; if I pass by, can I say that he saw me? No; for he did not think of me in particular. But if he loves someone, and I am that someone, then he lo…"

"Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are the world's supreme blessings."

"Man is neither angel nor beast, and the misfortune is that he who would act the angel acts the beast."

"The most dangerous of all errors is to deny the existence of sin."