

“It is possible I can make very little of myself; but this little is everything, and better than what I allow to be made out of me by the might of others, by the training of custom, religion, the laws, the State.”
― The Ego and Its Own
― The Ego and Its Own

“Loving just one is too little; loving all is being superficial; knowing yourself and loving as many as possible, letting your soul hide all the powers of love in itself, so that each gets its particular nourishment while consciousness nevertheless embraces it all – that is enjoyment, that is living.”
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life

“happiness and satisfaction always imply some desire fulfilled, some state of pain brought to an end.”
― Studies in Pessimism
― Studies in Pessimism

“My time I divide as follows: the one half I sleep; the other half I dream. I never dream when I sleep; that would be a shame, because to sleep is the height of genius.”
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
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