It is not in our hands to prevent our birth; but we can correct this mistake - for in some cases it is a mistake.

I love him who reserveth no share of spirit for himself, but wanteth to be wholly the spirit of his virtue: thus walketh he as spirit over the bridge.

However unchristian it may seem, I do not even bear any ill feeling towards myself.

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.

For one thing is needful: that a human being should attain satisfaction with himself, whether it be by means of this or that poetry or art; only then is a human being at all tolerable to behold. Whoever is dissatisfied with himself is constantly ready for revenge, and we others will be his victims, if only by having to endure his ugly sight.

Where one despises, one cannot wage war.