Three Metamorphoses Of The Spirit I Relate

The Consequences Of Our Actions Take Hold Of Us, Quite Indifferent To Our Claim That Meanwhile We Have 'improved.

We Are In The Greatest Danger Of Being Run Over When We Have Just Gotten Out Of The Way Of A Carriage.

If We Lacked Curiosity, We Should Do Less For The Good Of Our Neighbor. But, Under The Name Of Duty Or Pity, Curiosity Steals Into The Home Of The Unhappy And The Needy. Perhaps Even In The Famous Mother-love There Is A Good Deal Of Curiosity.

There Is An Innocence In Admiration; It Is Found In Those To Whom It Has Never Yet Occurred That They, Too, Might Be Admired Some Day.

The Most Vulnerable And Yet Most Unconquerable Of Things Is Human Vanity; Nay, Through Being Wounded Its Strength Increases And Can Grow To Giant Proportions.