Georg Simmel — "The soul is a battlefield where the forces of life and death struggle for suprem…"

"The most superficial things can have the deepest meaning."

"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."

"In order to accommodate to change and to the contrast of phenomena, the intellect does not require any shocks and inner upheavals; it is only through such upheavals that the more conservative mind cou…"

"The tragedy of the modern individual is that he is too much himself and not enough of the world."

"The eye cannot endure the sight of the absolute, so it creates a perspective."