A wise man stands above things, he neither loves nor hates.

His heart should be a

s cold and indifferent as a snow-covered mountain peak.
To be wise is to be above joy and sorrow, fear and pity, ambition and humiliatio
n. It is to hate nothing and to love nothing, and above all to be utterly indiff
erent to the love and hate of others. A truly wise man attaches no importance to
anything. Nothing can upset him and nothing can harm him.
He had been through so much; he had known joy and fear, discouragement and trium
ph; he had rushed from wish fulfillment to wish fulfillment, never stopping to r
est. And nothing had brought him calm and contentment.