"The most dreadful thing that can happen to a man is to become a number."

"The spiritual man is always an exception."

"The highest good for an existing individual is to become an individual."

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

"The present age is essentially the age of understanding, of reflection, without passion, momentarily bursting into enthusiasm, and then shrewdly relapsing into repose."