"Of all ridiculous things the most ridiculous seems to me, to be busy – to be someone who is brisk about their food and work. Therefore, whenever I see a fly settling, in the decisive moment, on the no…"

"The present age is essentially a sensible, reflecting age, which is without passion, and which therefore breaks out into no enthusiasm."

"The ethical individual is the one who chooses himself, and thereby chooses the universal."

"The world wants to be deceived."

"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…"