“To live alone one must be either a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both - a philosopher.”
“He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.”
“The political arena leaves one no alternative, one must either be a dunce or a rogue. ”
“It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.”
“And even as each one of you stands alone in God's knowledge, so must each one of you be alone in his knowledge of God and in his understanding of the earth.”
“There are some people that you cannot change, you must either deal with them or leave them alone.”