Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know what attracts me to all unfortunate people.

As long as you are not aware of the continual law of Die and Be Again, you are merely a vague guest on a dark Earth.

We are surrounded by abysses, but the greatest of all depths is in our own heart, and an irresistible leaning leads us there. Draw thyself from thyself!

Who can think wise or stupid things at all that were not thought already in the past.

Wealth and speed are what the world admires, what each pursues. Railways, express mails, steamships and every possible facility for communications are the achievement in which the civilized world view and revels, only to languish in mediocrity by that very fact. Indeed, the effect of this diffusion is to spread the culture of the mediocre.

Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.

Time does not relinquish its rights, either over human beings or over mountains.