I cannot often enough say, that a man is only a relative and representative nature. Each is a hint of the truth, but far enough from being that truth, which yet he quite newly and inevitably suggests to us. If I seek it in him, I shall not find it.

Women, more than all, are the element and kingdom of illusion. Being fascinated, they fascinate.

Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone.

You cannot give anything to a magnanimous person. After you have served him, he at once puts you in debt by his magnanimity.

When we have arrived at the question, the answer is already near.

Whenever a mind is simple and receives an old wisdom, old things pass away,--means, teachers, texts, temples fall; it lives now, and absorbs past and future into present hour. All things are made sacred by relation to it,--one as much as another.

What you persist in doing gets easier. The task hasn't changed, but your ability to do it has increased.