It is very noble hypocrisy not to talk of one's self.

Thinking has to be learned in the way dancing has to be learned.

...lust is only a sweet poison for the weakling, but for those who will with a lion's heart it is the reverently reserved wine of wines.

The great man fights the elements in his time that hinder his own greatness, in other words his own freedom and sincerity.

Compassion for the friend should conceal itself under a hard shell.

In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs

Human existence basically is──a never to be completed imperfect tense.