“Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.”

No one can lose either the past or the future.

Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.

Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.

Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.

Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.

When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.

Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.

For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.

When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.

Be courageous when the mind deceives you Be courageous In the final account only this is important

I have never seen it but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.

Everybody all over the world takes a wife’s estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.

Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America’s water pollution.

Tupac Shakur always wanted me to smoke weed with him, and I never did it, and I wish I did…That’s my biggest regret.

The act the act must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private, rhythmic deed. The last remark.

There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.

Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.