Youth is an unpleasant period; for then it is not possible or not prudent to be productive in any sense whatsoever.

One is most dishonest to one's god: he is not allowed to sin.

When our brain feels too weak to deal with our opponent's objections, our heart answers by casting suspicion on their underlying motives.

One must need to be strong, otherwise one will never become strong.

The sick are the greatest danger for the healthy; it is not from the strongest that harm comes to the strong, but from the weakest.

From which stars have we fallen to meet each other here?

Every high degree of power always involves a corresponding degree of freedom from good and evil.