Horrible experiences lead us to wonder whether the person who experiences them might not be something horrible.

The happiness of man is: I will. The happiness of woman is: he wills.

But by my love and hope I beseech you: do not throw away the hero in your soul! Hold holy your highest hope!

The surest sign of the estrangement of the opinions of two persons is when they both say something ironical to each other and neither of them feels the irony.

The way to transmute your iron duty into gold in everyone's eyes is this: always deliver more than you promise.

Christianity is religion for the executioner.

I overcame myself, the sufferer; I carried my own ashes to the mountains; I invented a brighter flame for myself.