My idea of paradise is a straight line to goal

Of all evil I deem you capable: therefore I want the good from you.

The craving for equality can express itself either as a desire to pull everyone down to our own level (by belittling them, excluding them, tripping them up) or as a desire to raise ourselves up along with everyone else (by acknowledging them, helping them, and rejoicing in their success).

There is an innocence in lying which is the sign of good faith in a cause.

The enormous expectation having to do with sexual love and the shame involved in this expectation degrades all a woman's perspectives from the start.

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

A friend whose hopes we cannot satisfy is a friend we would rather have as an enemy.