Men owe us what we imagine they will give us. We must forgive them this debt.

There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless detachment is present too.

The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but lest, by a lie, it should persuade itself that it is not hungry.

Only he who has measured the dominion of force, and knows how not to respect it, is capable of love andjustice.

War is the supreme form of prestige.

The only great spirit of our time.

Whoever is uprooted himself uproots others. Whoever is rooted himself doesn't uproot others.