“... one reads, above all, to prevent oneself thinking.”
“One puts oneself above all and crushes everything in one's way to get the best for oneself.”
“Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.”
“To know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth, and not the other way around. The first product of self-knowledge is humility . . .”
“There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.”
“For it is just as sinful from the standpoint of nature and of truth to be above oneself as to be below oneself.”