“Every achievement is a servitude. It compels us to a higher achievement.”

“An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.”

“But it's not easy, because friendship is absent-minded or at least powerless. It cannot achieve what it wants. Perhaps, after all, it doesn't want strongly enough. Perhaps we do not love life enough.”

“Every action today leads to murder, direct or indirect.”

“Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.”

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”

“Rule: Start by looking for what is valid in every man.”