The 'kingdom of Heaven' is a condition of the heart - not something that comes 'upon the earth' or 'after death.'

Who can attain to anything great if he does not feel in himself the force and will to inflict great pain?

We ought to fear a man who hates himself, for we are at risk of becoming victims of his anger and revenge. Let us then try to lure him into self-love.

They would have to sing better songs for me to learn to have faith in their Redeemer; and his disciples would have to look more redeemed!

Everyone nowadays lives through too much and thinks through too little: they have a ravenous appetite and colic at the same time so that they keep getting thinner and thinner no matter how much they eat.--Whoever says nowadays, "I have not experienced anything"--is a simpleton.

Man Is Something That Must Be Overcome

It is not the strengths, but the durations of great sentiments that make great men.