“Only a man who cannot conquer his deficiencies feels the need to convince the world that he has none.”
“Not given to boasting, which was a waste of breath-only a man who cannot conquer his deficiencies feels the need to convince the world he has none.”
“He who has conquered his own coward spirit has conquered the whole outward world;”
“It is true that only a coward can be brave, as a man who feels no fear has conquered nothing.”
“This man has conquered the world! What have you done?"The philosopher replied without an instant's hesitation, "I have conquered the need to conquer the world.”
“The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”