It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic. Never Give In!

"I did that," says my memory. "I could not have done that," says my pride, and remains inexorable. Eventually the memory yields. Beyond Good and Evil

Prosperity is the best protector of principle. Following the Equator

The measure of a person's disposition is this: ... how great is the distance between his understanding and his actions. Basically we all understand the highest. A child, the simplest person, and the wisest all understand the highest. ... But what makes the difference is whether we understand it at a distance—so that we do not act accordingly, or close at hand—so that we act accordingly and "cannot do otherwise." Works of Love