In a man devoted to knowledge, pity seems almost ridiculous, like delicate hands on a cyclops.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?

Our destiny rules over us, even when we are not yet aware of it; it is the future that makes laws for our today.

But are there many honest people who will admit that it is pleasing to give pain?

Learn to see - accustoming the eye to calm, to patience, to letting-things-come-to-it; learning to defer judgment, to encircle and encompass the question on all sides.

Philosophical systems are wholly true for their founders only.