And I offer you this parable: Not a few who sought to cast out their devil entered into the swine themselves.

Memory says, 'I did that.' Pride replies, 'I could not have done that.' Eventually, memory yields.

Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.

The really royal calling of the philosopher (as expressed by Alcuin the Anglo-Saxon): To correct what is wrong, and strengthen the right, and raise what is holy.

The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity.

Your highest thought, however, ye shall have it commanded unto you by me - and it is this: man is something that is to be surpassed.

Whoever deliberately attempts to insure confidentiality with another person is usually in doubt as to whether he inspires that person's confidence in him. One who is sure that he inspires confidence attaches little importance to confidentiality.