Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.
Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.
Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.
It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.
Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.