I Was Not Given To Looking At

He Who Does Not Understand A Joke, He Does Not Understand Danish.

Nietzsche Says That As Soon As He Had Read A Single Page Of Schopenhauer, He Knew He Would Read Every Page Of Him And Pay Heed To Every Word, Even To The Errors He Might Find. Every Intellectual Aspirant Will Be Able To Name Men Whom He Has Read In This Way.

A Love For Humanity Came Over Me, And Watered And Fertilised The Fields Of My Inner World Which Had Been Lying Fallow, And This Love Of Humanity Vented Itself In A Vast Compassion.

When I Was A Little Boy I Did Not, Of Course, Trouble Much About My Appearance.

But When I Was Twelve Years Old I Caught My First Strong Glimpse Of One Of The Fundamental Forces Of Existence, Whose Votary I Was Destined To Be For Life - Namely, Beauty.