Even the demons are encouraged when their chief is "not lost in loss itself.

Solitude sometimes is best society.

Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.

Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.

What hath night to do with sleep?

For so I created them free and free they must remain.

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..

Be strong, live happy and love, but first of allHim whom to love is to obey, and keepHis great command!

Consult.../what reinforcement we may gain from hope, /If not, what resolution from despair.

Our torments also may in length of timeBecome our Elements.

...So little knowsAny but God alone to value rightThe good before him but perverts best thingsTo worst abuse or to their meanest use.

Life in society requires consensus as an indispensable condition. But consensus, to be productive, requires that each individual contribute independently out of of his experience and insight.

Everything which is of use to mankind is honourable.

If you would be powerful pretend to be powerful.

The physical ego serves as its own worst enemy when, by delusive material behavior, it eclipses its true nature as the ever blessed soul.

The criterion of simplicity requires that the minimum number of assumptions be postulated.

I am not here to change the world. I am changing the world because I am here.

England is a country where people stay exactly as they are. The soul does not receive the slightest jolt.

Can you imagine me calling myself "Ruiz"? "Pablo Ruiz"? "Diego-José Ruiz"? Or "Juan-Népomucène Ruiz"? I was given I don't know how many names.

I love racing and I love doing well.

Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.