I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.

What sort of faults may we retain, nay, even cherish in ourselves? Those faults which are rather pleasant than offensive to others.

A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others

Money lost, something lost. Honor lost, much lost. Courage lost, everything lost-better you were never born

The greatest step forward would be to see that everything factual is already theory. The blueness of the sky reveals the basic lawof chromatics. Don't look for anything behind the phenomena, they themselves are the doctrine.

One doesn't always lose when one has to do without.

However often we turn to it [the Koran] at first disgusting us each time afresh, it soon attracts, astounds, and in the end enforces our reverence. . . . Its style, in accordance with its contents and aim is stern, grand, terrible - ever and anon truly sublime - Thus this book will go on exercising through all ages a most potent influence.