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

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.

What we do now echoes in eternity.

The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.

That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

Men exist for the sake of one another.

Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left and live it properly. What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.

Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.

The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.

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

Imprudent restrictions often force youth farther than enticement would carry them; and careless limitation is frequently worse than no injunction.

If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it.

The truth is that since childhood I had cultivated an existential independence. It came from perceiving the adults around me as unreliable, and without it I felt I wouldn’t have survived. I cared deeply for everyone in my family, but in the end I depended on myself.

Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It’s only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.

Caring too much about what people think of you is useless. Most people don’t even know what they think of themselves.

I will happily sit at home and take care of the house.

I don’t think there’s a lot of carry-over from year to year. I don’t think anybody cares what you did the year before.

She’s both fragile and strong, so handle with care or she’ll kick your ass!