It is in virtue that happiness consists for virtue is the state of mind which tends to make the whole of life harmonious.

The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.

Man conquers the world by conquering himself.

All things are parts of one single system, which is called nature; the individual life is good when it is in harmony with nature.

By silence, I hear other men's imperfections and conceal my own.

The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.

Steel your sensibilities, so that life shall hurt you as little as possible.

The avaricious man is like the barren sandy ground of the desert which sucks in all the rain and dew with greediness, but yields no fruitful herbs or plants for the benefit of others.

Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue

No matter whether you claim a slave by purchase or capture, the title is bad. They who claim to own their fellow-men, look down into the pit and forget the justice that should rule the world.

Fate is the endless chain of causation, whereby things are; the reason or formula by which the world goes on.

Among all the machines, motorcar is my favorite machine.

I spell 'god' with a small 'g' because I do not believe in him, but I love to swear by him.

Kenya’s M-Pesa proves that when people are empowered, they will use digital tech to innovate on their own behalf.

You can’t have people curating culture in this way when we need to see things in order to reform from them.

Every aquarium will eventually leak.

Spend and be free, but make no waste.

I do not know what you are supposed to do with memories likes these. It feels wrong to want to forget. Perhaps this is why we write these things down, so we can move on.

She made people accept that women had the right to control their own destinies.

If we're going to ask our kids at age 18 to go off to war and die for their country, I don't see any problem with asking them at age 16 to think about what that might mean.

I'm running on hate. When the energy from that ebbs I'll be worthless.