By a lie a man throws away and, as it were, annihilates his dignity as a man

The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all of its meaninglessness

Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be built

Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.

Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild

As nature has uncovered from under this hard shell the seed for which she most tenderly cares - the propensity and vocation to free thinking - this gradually works back upon the character of the people, who thereby gradually become capable of managing freedom; finally, it affects the principles of government, which finds it to its advantage to treat men, who are now more than machines, in accordance with their dignity.