The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?

Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.

The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

Being happy is knowing how to be content with little

Live your life without attracting attention.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

Cease distracting your mind of things with little substance.

That’s the thing about life. You don’t always get a second chance and there are no guarantees. Love is the only thing that really matters.

It is only in the dance between chaos and order that life progresses.

Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause.

Even in my most inflamed moment I never supported a racist mass murderer.

Every Great Story deserves a Great Ending and 'The Dark Knight Rises' is our Attempt to give that GREAT story, a GREAT ENDING.

Meditation is a time to focus, train the mind, and bring it to stillness. It is not a time to rest and relax.

I don't want to be the president of the world. I'm the President of the United States.

Fooling laymen with science is sometimes so easy it should be criminal.

I've never taken a job on anything I didn't want to do.