Aphorisms
“For me my mother’s face is the most beautiful as I can
see mine in it.”
“For the life, for the soul, for the spirit, you must have
wisdom, anything other than that may matter, but you
will know other things if you know wisdom.”
“For those who walk in the light, the shadow is their
strength.”
“For, after all, you do grow up, you do outgrow your
ideals, which turn to dust and ashes, which are shattered
into fragments; and if you have no other life, you just have
to build one up out of these fragments. And all the time
your soul is craving and longing for something else. And
in vain does the dreamer rummage about in his old
dreams, raking them over as though they were a heap of
cinders, looking in these cinders for some spark, however
tiny, to fan it into a flame so as to warm his chilled blood
by it and revive in it all that he held so dear before, all
that touched his heart, that made his blood course
through his veins, that drew tears from his eyes, and that
so splendidly deceived him!”
“Force is your only friend, fear is your only weapon, and
ignorance is your only shield.”
“Forced obedience is no obedience at all.”
“Forcing a man to confront his taboos has the potential to
ruin him, but sometimes it may be the most effective way
to help him.”
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