Quote by A. J. Liebling on Reason and Pleasure

"The most spiritual men, as the strongest, find their happiness where others would find their destruction: in the labyrinth, in hardness against themselves and others, in experiments. Their joy is self-conquest: asceticism becomes in them nature, need, and instinct. Difficult tasks are a privilege to them; to play with burdens that crush others, a recreation. Knowledge-a form of asceticism. They are the most venerable kind of man: that does not preclude their being the most cheerful and the kindliest." Friedrich Nietzsche

"While those who can no longer bear the loss of human values are considered insane, those who have separated from their human roots are certified normal." Arno Gruen