War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.

What? A great man? I only ever see the ape of his own ideal.

Here the spirit becomes a lion who would conquer his freedom and be master… Who is the great dragon whom the spirit will no longer call lord and go? ‘Thou shalt’ is the name of the great dragon. But the spirit of the lion says, ‘I will.

What is the strongest cure?--Victory.

if we possess a why of life we can put up with almost any how.

I might believe in the Redeemer if his followers looked more redeemed.

The masters have been done away with; the morality of the common man has triumphed.