Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

you would have to give up all else, I alone would expect you to be your sole and exclusive standard

Suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we want to be loved, and not in the way that love should manifest itself--free and untrammeled, guiding us with its force and driving us on.

He has the qualities of a rock.

And one more thing: you still believe that man can be good. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't have invented all this nonsense to convince yourself otherwise.

It is much more intelligent, more practical, to be good rather than evil.

The warrior knows that he is free to choose his desires, and he makes these decisions with courage, detachment, and - sometimes - with just a touch of madness.