“A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man. ”
“Every honest man lives for himself. Every man worth calling a man lives for himself. The one who doesn't - doesn't live at all.”
“Men choose Hamlet because every man sees himself as a disinherited monarch. Women choose Alice [in Wonderland] because every woman sees herself as the only reasonable creature among crazy people who think they are disinherited monarchs.”
“Every man looks out for himself, and he has the happiest life who manages to hoodwink himself best of all.”
“The true artist is a man who believes absolutely in himself, because he is absolutely himself.”
“What every man looks for in life is his own salvation and the salvation of the men he lives with. By salvation I mean first of all the full discovery of who he himself really is.”