“we always misunderstood ourselves, and rarely understood others”

“As it was, we always misunderstood ourselves and rarely understood others. Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”

“It often happened that when we thought we were experimenting on others we were really experimenting on ourselves.”

“The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”

“He is fond of being misunderstood. It gives him a post of vantage.”

“Be warned in time, James, and remain, as I do, incomprehensible: to be great is to be misunderstood”

“When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.”