“A man lost to himself is lost to all.”
“If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self—himself—he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.”
“Certainly, if he still has himself, a man of understanding has lost nothing.”
“Blessed is the man who's lost it all.”
“A man went to Istanbul, his first visit there. On his way to a business meeting, this man lost his way. He began raging at himself for getting lost, until a realization allowed him to transcend his ire. "How can I be lost? I've never been here before?" pp 104-105”
“When a man appears in a ridiculous light to a woman, all's lost for that man.”