Faith means the will to avoid knowing what is true.

One unconsciously takes it for granted that doer and sufferer think and feel alike, and according to this supposition we measure the guilt of the one by the pain of the other.

Let man fear woman when she loves: then she makes any sacrifice, and everything else seems without value to her

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

The patient. The pine tree seems to listen, the fir tree to wait: and both without impatience: - they give no thought to the little people beneath them devoured by their impatience and their curiosity.

Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.