Logic and ethics are fundamentally the same, they are no more than duty to oneself

The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.

No men who really think deeply about women retain a high opinion of them; men either despise women or they have never thought seriously about them.

In those rare individual cases where women approach genius they also approach masculinity.

Every true, eternal problem is an equally true, eternal fault; every answer an atonement, every realisation an improvement.

The genius which runs to madness is no longer genius.

The deepest, the intelligible, part of the nature of man is that part which does not take refuge in causality, but which chooses in freedom the good or the bad.

It is not the fear of death which creates the desire for immortality, but the desire for immortality which causes the fear of death.

Woman, in short, has an unconscious life, man a conscious life, and the genius the most conscious life.

But the higher a man mounts, the greater may be his fall; all genius is a conquering of chaos, mystery.

An individual's arrogance is always in proportion to his lack of self-assurance.

You can and should stand up for who you are and what you represent, without fear or prejudice. You take the promises you have made to yourself and to others very seriously.

My intention was, only, ever to help you see the light shining brightly in front, and inside, of you.

Your total intelligence knows exactly what to do, because you were made to weather the storms of life.

It was past dark when I reached the city and I’d mostly shoved my ghosts back into their graves. I let the gray mare pick her own pace and browse in the grain fields along the way.

The object of oratory alone is not truth but persuasion.

Leadership is not something that is done to people, like fixing your teeth. Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.

The Revelations of Devout and Learn'd Who rose before us, and as Prophets burn'd, Are all but Stories, which, awoke from Sleep They told their comrades, and to Sleep return'd.

I guess there are different ways to handle success. You can multiply it financially and use it to multiply your net worth. That's always been very appealing to me.

Whatever the country, capitalist or socialist, man was everywhere crushed by technology, made a stranger to his own work, imprisoned, forced into stupidity.

What greater wound is there than a false friend?