He who possesseth little is so much the less possessed. Blessed be moderate poverty!

[Heraclitus had] the highest form of pride [stemming] from a certainty of belief in the truth as grasped by himself alone. He brings this form, by its excessive development, into a sublime pathos by involuntary identification of himself with his truth.

Horrible experiences lead us to wonder whether the person who experiences them might not be something horrible.

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

We no longer love our knowledge enough once we have passed it on.

Resistance - that is the distinction of the slave. Let your distinction be obedience. Let your commanding itself be obeying!

Moral contempt is a far greater indignity and insult than any kind of crime.