“What is madness but nobility of soul. At odds with circumstance?”
Theodore Roethke
“Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.”
Rebecca West
“It is some fundamental certainty which a noble soul has about itself, something which is not to be sought, is not to be found, and perhaps, also, is not to be lost. The noble soul has reverence for itself.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”
Oscar Wilde
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.”
Elijah Wood
“True nobility is exempt from fear.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
