The thought is merely a sign, as the word is merely a sign for the thought.

The condition that gives birth to a rule is not the same as the condition to which the rule gives birth.

...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.

Creation is the great redemption from suffering and all life's growing light. But the creator must be suffering if needed and accept much change.

You want to be paid as well, you virtuous! You want reward for virtue, and heaven for earth, and eternity for your today?

For as long as they praise you, never forget that it is not yet your own path that you walk, but another person's.

Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly, he who wants to live on after his death must take care not only of his posterity but even more of his past.