"All feeling of shame rests upon isolation of the individual; it arises whenever stress is laid upon the ego, whenever the attention of a circle is drawn to such an individual — in reality or only in h…"

"By my existence I am nothing more than an empty place, an outline,that is reserved within being in general. Given with it, though, is the duty to fill in this empty place. That is my life."

"The most superficial things can have the deepest meaning."

"The tragedy of culture is that objective culture, once created, becomes estranged from the subjective spirit that produced it."

"The existence of secrets is a necessary condition for the existence of society."