"The more a man finds within himself, the less he needs from the outside world. A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial."
Info & reflection: Two ideas in one sentence. The first: inner wealth and outside need are inversely proportional; whoever has a lot inside carries less hunger for what's outside. The second: intellect makes people unsociable not by temperament but by structure; whoever sees more finds it hard to be fully present in conversations that work on a different level. Together they describe a specific kind of solitude that isn't a lack but a surplus.