"The tragedy of culture is that objective culture, once created, becomes estranged from the subjective spirit that produced it."

"The tragic element of culture is that the objective spirit, once created, comes to stand over and against the subjective spirit, whose expression it is, and ultimately crushes it."

"The existence of secrets is a necessary condition for the existence of society."

"Money is the most terrible destroyer of form."

"The deepest problems of modern life derive from the attempt of the individual to maintain the independence and individuality of his existence against the sovereign powers of society."