Love is more afraid of change than destruction.

Yet tell me, my brothers: if a goal for humanity is still lacking, is there not still lacking--humanity itself?

Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.

To the good warrior soundeth "thou shalt" pleasanter than "I will." And all that is dear unto you, ye shall first have it commanded unto you.

Whoever gives advice to the sick gains a sense of superiority over them, no matter whether his advice is accepted or rejected. That is why sick people who are sensitive and proud hate their advisors even more than their illnesses.

Sometimes in conversation the sound of our own voice distracts us and misleads us into making assertions that in no way express our true opinions.

Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with him.