At every step one has to wrestle for truth; one has to surrender for it almost everything to which the heart, to which our love, our trust in life, cling otherwise. That requires greatness of soul: the service of truth is the hardest service. What does it mean, after all, to have integrity in matters of the spirit? That one is severe against one's heart...that one makes of every Yes and No a matter of conscience.

There are two things a real man likes - danger and play; and he likes woman because she is the most dangerous of play things.

The man loves danger and sport. That is why he loves woman, the most dangerous of all sports.

Full is the earth of the superfluous; marred is life by the many-too-many. May they be decoyed out of this life by the "life eternal"!

We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are.

Among the wealthy, generosity is often merely a kind of shyness.

Your highest thought, however, ye shall have it commanded unto you by me - and it is this: man is something that is to be surpassed.