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“In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant… My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known — no wonder, then, that I return the love.”
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life

“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
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“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.”
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“A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.”
― On Liberty
― On Liberty
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