Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.Plato
Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.Friedrich Nietzsche
There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.Arthur Schopenhauer
Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires.Bertrand Russell
Homesickness is universal. But Neapolitan homesickness goes back further than the accidents of domicile. It is nostalgia for love and loss themselves, a soul-sickness caused by the very idea of leaving.Howard Jacobson
