The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it

Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

Sensation tell us a thing is. Thinking tell us what it is this thing is. Feeling tells us what this thing is to us

In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them

The true leader is always led

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves

Everyone is in love with his own ideas