The strong individual loves the earth so much he lusts for recurrence. He can smile in the face of the most terrible thought: meaningless, aimless existence recurring eternally. The second characteristic of such a man is that he has the strength to recognize - and to live with the recognition - that the world is valueless in itself and that all values are human ones. He creates himself by fashioning his own values; he has the pride to live by the values he wills.

I love him who chasteneth his God, because he loveth his God: for he must succumb through the wrath of his God.

Let your love to life be love to your highest hope; and let your highest hope be the highest thought of life!

Like tourists huffing and puffing to reach the peak we forget the view on the way up.

The will to overcome an emotion, is ultimately only the will of another, or of several other, emotions.

In compassionate men, severity is a virtue.

We are terrified by the idea of being terrified.