“It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite”

“Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something”

“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die”

“Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else”

“People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains”

“Health is my expected heaven”