“Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.”

“By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.”

“Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.”

“Theoretically there is a perfect possibility of happiness: believing in the indestructible element in oneself and not striving towards it.”

“The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.”

“I believe that we should only read those books that bite and sting us. If a book does not rouse us with a blow then why read it?”

“You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.”