The most common sort of lie is the one uttered to one's self.
A man of genius is unbearable, unless he possesses at least two things besides: gratitude and purity.
Our sense of the tragic waxes and wanes with our sensuality.
Childhood and youth are ends in themselves, not stages.
What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.
Just look at the faces of the great Christians! They are the faces of great haters.