I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.

"I'm always trying to push myself."

The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.

在对人类心理史的研究中，这一事实给人以深刻印象：心智的成长就是意识范围的扩展，前进的每一步都是伴随着极度痛苦和艰难的成就。几乎可以说，人们最最痛恨的就是放弃潜意识，即使所放弃的仅是极微小的一点潜意识。试图引入新观念的人对此深有体会。