The first lessons with which we should irrigate his mind should be those which teach him to know himself, and to know how to die ... and to live.

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's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself.

It's called the Infinity Effect.

Light quirks of music broken and uneven Make the soul dance upon a jig to Heav'n.

The good must merit God's peculiar care; But who but God can tell us who they are?

America's most dangerous export was, is and always will be our fast-food outlets.

The history of the Church of Christ from the days of the Apostles has been a history of spiritual movements.

The difference between being ordinary and extraordinary is doing the right thing while nobody is watching.

But can I tell the genuine-article Italian from the poseur Italian? No. To me they all seem like poseurs.

The time has come when the whole world must be concerned about me. From now on, American Christianity must follow me.

The Tezuman priests have a sophisticated calendar and an advanced horology," quoted Rincewind. "Ah," said Eric, "Good." "No," said Rincewind patiently. "It means time measurement." "Oh.