Man is more sensitive to the contempt of others than to self-contempt.

To the good warrior soundeth "thou shalt" pleasanter than "I will." And all that is dear unto you, ye shall first have it commanded unto you.

You must await your thirst and allow it to become complete: otherwise you will never discover your spring, which can never be anyone else's!

When there is a choice about it, a great sacrifice is preferable to a small sacrifice, because we compensate ourselves for a greatone with self-admiration, which is not possible with a small one.

Every man is a creative cause of what happens, a primum mobile with an original movement.

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth.

In morality, man treats himself not as individuum but as dividuum.