An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.

An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.

'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.

'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.

In native worth and honour clad.

In native worth and honour clad.

A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd,
In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd.

A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd,
In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be read more

Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.

I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one read more

I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one of merit. Bring the recurring desires of your mind to me, every time they emerge. They cannot shock me, for I willed them! Bring me your confusion, your fear, your craving, your anxiety, your inability to love the world, your hesitation to serve, your jealousy, all the deficiencies that defy your spiritual disciplines.

The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities!
They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn read more

The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities!
They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn
breath upon the planet. (the Devil and Shakespeare.)