The Elements of Metaphysics - Being a Guide for Lectures And Private Use Quotes

“Did there not sound to us from another region a voice of unearthly strength, yet unspeakably mild and consoling: “In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer,—I have overcome the world!” Who thus speaks, is the Will to life who overcame the world by overcoming himself ;—who thus speaks, that art thou, — — so soon as thou wilt.”
― Paul Deussen, The Elements of Metaphysics - Being a Guide for Lectures And Private Use