No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.

I’m doing badly, I’m doing well; whichever you prefer.

He thought back on his family with deep emotion and love. His conviction that he would have to disappear was, if possible, even firmer than his sister's. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful reflection until the tower clock struck three in the morning. He still saw that outside the window everything was beginning to grow light. Then, without his consent, his head sank down to the floor, and from his nostrils streamed his last weak breath.

The founder brought the laws from the lawgiver; the faithful are meant to announce the laws to the lawgiver.

I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.

Celibacy and suicide are a similar levels of understanding, suicide and a martyr's death not so by any means, perhaps marriage and a martyr's death.

The true way goes over a rope which is not stretched at any great height but just above the ground. It seems more designed to make people stumble than to be walked upon.