The virtue of the good man is necessarily the same as the virtue of the citizen of the perfect state.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Every single desire can lead to dream and every single dream has possibility to become reality.

In life, the hardest decisions often have to be made more than once. But each time, it gets easier.

To be able to put oneself in another’s position, to be able to see and to feel as another person does, this is the rare gift of an earnest spiritual seeker.

"Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards." In other words suffering is germane to our existence; indeed, how without it, should we be able to "fly upwards".

Little books are the things to write at my age, I've decided. Avoid the big ones, go for the little ones.

Travelling carries me to the surface, away from the deeps of home-thoughts.

I don't really know why I'm not thinner than I am.

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.

I still love the people I’ve loved, even if I cross the street to avoid them.

I believe Social Security is unjust. I think it's wrong. I think it penalizes responsible people. It penalizes the young and it's a massive redistribution of wealth.