And truly Philosophy is but sophisticated poetry. Whence do those ancient writers derive all their authority but from the poets?

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

There is only one risk and that is not taking one.

Reflections in the heart are more pronounced than those we view in a mirror.

I do what I do merrily out of curiosity because I want to know how the brain works. That will get me up early in the morning and keep me going all day long.

The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

What is God? God is the great life that fills the universe; it is the principle of life aswell.

I pitied myself for having no door until I met a man with no dividers.

Citizen service is a repudiation of the principles upon which our country was based. We are all here for ourselves.

It’s in the very trickery that it pleases me. But show me how the trick is done, and I have lost my interest therein.

Our capacity for production and enjoyment is a function, in the last analysis, of our character, our integrity.