The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.
Every Profound thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood
All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
I understand by 'freedom of spirit' something quite definite - the unconditional will to say No where it is dangerous to say No.
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
But I need solitude--which is to say, recovery, return to myself, the breath of a free, light, playful air.
What is happening to me happens to all fruits that grow ripe. It is the honey in my veins that makes my blood thicker, and my soul quieter.
If thinking is your fate, revere this fate with divine honour and sacrifice to it the best, the most beloved
Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters.
Physician, heal thyself: then wilt thou also heal thy patient. Let it be his best cure to see with his eyes him who maketh himself whole.
But one thing is the thought, another thing is the deed, and another thing is the idea of the deed. The wheel of causality doth not roll between them.
There is one path in the world that none can walk but you. Where does it lead? Don’t ask, walk!
