A man who does not lose his reason over certain things has none to lose.

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.

To look forward to pleasure is also a pleasure.

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.

He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.

Yesterday I lived, today I suffer, tomorrow I die; but I still think fondly, today and tomorrow, of yesterday.

The more we see the more we must be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship

You can never know who you really are or what you can do until you discover yourself

It is entirely possible to be deeply sorry because of the devastation which sin has wrought in our lives—and yet not repent.

It is all right to say exactly what you think if you have learned to think exactly.

The multitude is always in the wrong.

When terrorism strikes, divisive anger is a natural response.

No amount of false propaganda can sanitize meat.

...it was necessary to love silence, but before you could love silence you had to have noise.

Experience is the highest level of knowing.

Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.

I don't even feel as if I'm the center of my own world, so how am I supposed to feel as though I'm the center of anyone else's?