"If, however, he has his victim's weakness to exploit, then his efforts are worth his while."

"If you want to be a man, or a woman, and do what is proper to a human being, do not go to others and ask, 'Am I a human being?'"

"If you wish for nothing, you will be free."

"No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ri…"

"No man can rob us of our will."