We live merely on the crust or rind of things.
I have long been convinced that the Christian Eucharist is but a continuation of the Eleusinian mysteries. St Paul, in using the word teleiois, almost confirms this.
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.
The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.
Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.