The ability to suffer is a small matter - weak women and even slaves can acheive virtuosity in that.

The vanity of others runs counter to our taste only when it runs counter to our vanity.

Never trust a thought that didn't come by walking.

He has drawn back, only in order to have enough room for his leap

The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune.

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

I overcame myself, the sufferer; I carried my own ashes to the mountains; I invented a brighter flame for myself.