“Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it
“Willpower is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see
“My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?
“You shall find out how salt is the taste of another man's bread, and how hard is the way up and down another man's stairs
“No one can really pull you up very high - you lose your grip on the rope. But on your own two feet you can climb mountains
“And while the law (of competition) may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department
“To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something, while to secure it in this world we must do something