No man who says, 'I'm as good as you,' believes it. He would not say it if he did.

“I wonder do the gods know what it feels like to be a man.”

“Nothing will shake a man-or at any rate a man like me-out of his merely verbal …”

“A concentrated mind and a sitting body make for better prayer than a kneeling b…”

“Teach him to call it 'real life' and don't let him ask what he means by 'real'.”