I love him whose soul is lavish, who wanteth no thanks and doth not give back: for he always bestoweth, and desireth not to keep for himself.

Whatever harm the evil may do, the harm done by the good is the most harmful harm.

We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only when we attach an equal or a greater value.

A soul which knows that it is loved, but does not itself love, betrays its sediment: its dregs come up.

Become who you are. Make what only you can make.

What is new, however, is always evil, being that which wants to conquer and overthrow the old boundary markers and the old pieties; and only what is old is good. The good men are in all ages those who dig the old thoughts, digging deep and getting them to bear fruit - the farmers of the spirit. But eventually all land is depleted, and the ploughshare of evil must come again and again.

Pity is the most agreeable feeling among those who have little pride and no prospects of great conquests.