It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

Do it or don't do it - you will regret both.

People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.

What the philosophers have to say about reality is often as disappointing as a sign you see in a shop window, which reads Pressing Done Here. If you brought your clothes in to be pressed, you would be fooled: for the sign is only for sale.

It is impossible to exist without passion

Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.