“You may lie with your mouth, but with the mouth you make as you do so you none the less tell the truth.”

“They're so cold, these scholars!May lightning strike their foodso that their mouths learn howto eat fire!”

“On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow. -”

“You tell me: 'Life is hard to bear.' But if it were otherwise why should you have your pride in the morning and your resignation in the evening?Life is hard to bear: but do not pretend to be so tender! We are all of us pretty fine asses and asseses of burden!”

“You say, it's dark. And in truth, I did place a cloud before your sun. But do you not see how the edges of the cloud are already glowing and turning light.”

“Ten truths must you find during the day; otherwise will you seek truth during the night, and your soul will have been hungry.”

“there they laugh: they do not understand me; I am not the mouth for these ears.”