“He is free from self- display, and therefore he shines;”

“from self-assertion, and therefore he is distinguished;”

“from self-complacency, and therefore he acquires superiority.”

“It is because he is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him.”

“Therefore, let the moon shine on thee in thy solitary walk; And let the misty-mountain winds be free to blow against thee.”

“At the bottom of the modern man there is always a great thirst for self-forgetfulness, self-distraction; he has a secret horror of all which makes him feel his own littleness; the eternal, the infinite, perfection, therefore scare and terrify him. He wishes to approve himself, to admire and congratulate himself; and therefore he turns away from all those problems and abysses which might recall to him his own nothingness.”