Many a peacock hides his peacock tail from all eyes--and calls it his pride.

Generally speaking, the greater a woman's beauty, the greater her modesty.

The object of convalescence ought to be to turn our attention to life: at other times, simply to our tasks!

But not to perish from internal distress and doubt when one inflicts great suffering and hears the cry of suffering : that is great, that belongs to greatness.

To recognize untruth as a condition of life--that certainly means resisting accustomed value feelings in a dangerous way; and a philosophy that risks this would by that token alone place itself beyond good and evil.

Rendering oneself unarmed when one had been the best-armed, out of a height of feeling-that is the means to real peace, which must always rest on a peace of mind.

Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion.