I can still stand on life's narrowest footing: but who would I be were I to show you this art. Would you like to see a ropedancer?

The golden age, when rambunctious spirits were regarded as the source of evil.

And once you are awake, you shall remain awake eternally.

A person unlearns arrogance when he knows he is always among worthy human beings; being alone fosters presumption. Young people are arrogant because they always associate with their own peers, those who are all really nothing but who would like to be very important.

When our brain feels too weak to deal with our opponent's objections, our heart answers by casting suspicion on their underlying motives.

As soon as a religion comes to dominate it has as its opponents all those who would have been its first disciples.

So long as men praise you, you can only be sure that you are not yet on your own true path but on someone else's.