"The greatest good to a human being is to be a human being, a truth that is not grasped by those who believe they have become something higher."

"The present state of the world and the whole of life is a big consolation for me. I may not be great, but I'm not the only one who's a failure."

"The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all."

"What is terrible is not death, but the lives people live or don't live up to their death."

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."