The most intelligent men, like the strongest, find their happiness where others would find only disaster: in the labyrinth, in being hard with themselves and with others, in effort; their delight is self-mastery; in them asceticism becomes second nature, a necessity, as instinct.

And if a man goes through fire for his doctrine - what does that prove? Verily, it is more if your own doctrine comes out of your own fire.

Love is more afraid of change than destruction.

Annoyance is a physical malady that is in no way cured just because the annoying situation that causes it is eliminated.

The rising and falling of the scales of pride and humility sustain the brooding mind as well as the alternations of desire and peace of the soul.

Under peaceful conditions a warlike man sets upon himself.

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.