“One who has conquered every aspect of his pain except the deepest.”
“He who has conquered his own coward spirit has conquered the whole outward world;”
“He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty" - Lao-tsuOne who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.”
“He was a Frenchman, a melancholy-looking man. His aspect was that of one who has been looking for the leak in a gas pipe with a lighted candle.”
“The ego lusts for satisfaction. It has a prideful ferocious appetite for its version of "truth". It is the most challenging aspect to conquer; the cause for most spiritual turmoil.”
“The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men.”