As a stoic I must despise injury or, rather, I must not feel it, must not be affected by it so that it cannot violate the freedom of my soul.
Alexandra David-NeelWork cannot convey the almost voluptuous sweetness of the feelings experienced ... in solitude.
Alexandra David-NeelSuffering raises up those souls that are truly great; it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it.
Alexandra David-Neel