The man who is aware of himself is henceforth independent; and he is never bored,and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with profound yet temperate happiness. He alone lives,while other people,slaves of ceremony, let life slip past in a kind of dream.

人一旦认识了自己，便能独立自主；他再不会沉闷无聊，只觉得人生短促，而他一生都将沉浸在一种意味深长而又温和适度的幸福之中。只有他这样的人才过着真正的生活，其他人不过做了一辈子世俗的奴隶，让生命象梦幻似的从身边溜掉。