I worshipped you too much. I am punished for it. You worshipped yourself too much. We are both punished.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

But what of life whose bitter hungry sea Flows at our heels, and gloom of sunless night Covers the days which never more return? Ambition, love and all the thoughts that burn We lose too soon, and only find delight In withered husks of some dead memory.

The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world’s sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer.

All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon.

The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.