The Only Thing More Unthinkable Than Leaving Was

“Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.”

“You only have to doze a moment, and all is lost. For ruin and salvation both have their source inside you.”

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

“The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.”

“One wants to live, of course, indeed one only stays alive by virtue of the fear of death, but I think, as I thought then, that it is better to die violently and not too old.”

“Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.”