Man is not equally moral at all hours, this is well known. If his morality is judged to be the capability for great self-sacrificing resolutions and self-denial (which, when continuous and grown habitual, are called holiness)

You gave him an opportunity of showing greatness of character and he did not seize it. He will never forgive you for that.

To live as I incline, or not to live at all: so do I wish; so wisheth also the holiest. But alas! how have I still - inclination? Have I-still a goal? A haven towards which MY sail is set?A good wind? Ah, he only who knoweth WHITHER he saileth, knoweth what wind is good, and a fair wind for him.What still remaineth to me? A heart weary and flippant; and unstable will; fluttering wings; a broken backbone.This seeking for MY home: O Zarathustra, dost thou know that this seeking hath been MY home-sickening; it eateth me up.

Triumph depends on a roll of Fate's dice; the ultimate prize is a place in Heaven.

If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants

A lack of the historical sense is the hereditary fault of all philosophers.

Who can attain to anything great if he does not feel in himself the force and will to inflict great pain?