It Is The Heart Which Perceives God

The Charm Of Fame Is So Great That We Like Every Object To Which It Is Attached, Even Death.

There Would Be Too Great Darkness, If Truth Had Not Visible Signs.

Man's Greatness Is Great In That He Knows Himself Wretched. A Tree Does Not Know Itself Wretched. It Is Then Being Wretched To Know Oneself Wretched; But It Is Being Great To Know That One Is Wretched.

We Must Keep Our Thought Secret, And Judge Everything By It, While Talking Like The People.

If A Man Loves A Woman For Her Beauty, Does He Love Her? No; For The Smallpox, Which Destroys Her Beauty Without Killing Her, Causes His Love To Cease. And If Any One Loves Me For My Judgment Or My Memory, Does He Really Love Me? No; For I Can Lose These Qualities Without Ceasing To Be.