"Despair is the sickness unto death, this tormenting contradiction, this sickness in the self; it is to be eternally dying, to die and yet not die, to die the death."

"The present age has lost all passion and enthusiasm."

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

"Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so…"

"The greatest good for a human being is to be able to choose himself."