"<p>Most people are fatally wounded in sex duels. His vanity cannot endure love, nor unlove; he suffers from loneliness as well as from cohabitation; he flees to pigsties, or to resentful, revengeful lonely roles.</p> <p>The only way to remain powerful over our emotions is to learn modesty in time. There are no lasting "sensual solutions"; perhaps not even friendship lasts; nothing human lasts. On the plane of human life, there are no emotional "five-year plans"; there are only situations, which are always imperfect. The "great feelings" are the most violently hurt, and always prematurely. The temporary rebellion of our emotions must be endured as one of life's great trials. We must accept that there is no solution, only patience. And if one is so strong as to transform these passions into nobler intentions, to melt the passions in the crucible of work, to distil the vanity from these forces in the flask of humility: one acts wisely. But this is the most difficult task in life.</p>"