In The Mountains, The Shortest Way Is

To Become The Founder Of A New Religion One Must Be Psychologically Infallible In One's Knowledge Of A Certain Average Type Of Souls Who Have Not Yet Recognized That They Belong Together.

The Man Of Knowledge Must Be Able Not Only To Love His Enemies But Also To Hate His Friends.

It Is A Distinction To Have Many Virtues, But A Hard Lot.

Genuine Historical Knowledge Requires Nobility Of Character, A Profound Understanding Of Human Existence - Not Detachment And Objectivity.

Faced With A World Of "modern Ideas" Which Would Like To Banish Everyone Into A Corner And A "specialty," A Philosopher, If There Could Be A Philosopher These Days, Would Be Compelled To Establish The Greatness Of Mankind, The Idea Of "greatness," On The Basis Of His Own Particular Extensive Range And Multiplicity, His Own Totality In The Midst Of Diversity.