How one spends money often reveals one's taste more clearly than one's ability to earn it.
Without an audience present, how much of the intense posture of anger or suffering would truly persist?
The most profound distinction between people lies not in their professions, but in their souls.
Science can only explain parts of human emotion, never the whole.
Romantic love is one of the most exquisite times in life, a gift from the gods that is rare and cannot be demanded. If one is truly in love, one should strive for a stable union.
When the 'half-man, half-god' departs, true divinity arrives.
Being understood is lucky, but not being understood is not necessarily unlucky. A person who bases their entire value on the understanding of others often has little independent value.
There are paradoxical forms of the human spirit: great wisdom appears foolish, great goodness appears evil, great grief appears joy, great faith appears doubt, and great seriousness appears frivolous.
The highest seriousness often appears as nonchalance; achieving through laughter what others achieve through solemn effort is a mark of supreme wisdom.
Being proper is not the same as being serious, just as dogma is not the same as truth.
The highest seriousness often appears as nonchalance; achieving through laughter what others achieve through solemn effort is a mark of supreme wisdom.