“How dangerous can false reasoning prove!”

If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.

Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.

Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.

A fearful man is always hearing things.

Always desire to learn something useful.

And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.

A lie never lives to be old.

The happiest life is to be without thought.

Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.

To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.

Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.

Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.

You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.

Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.

I cannot love a friend whose love is words.

If you think that American imperialism and its globalised, capitalist form is the most dangerous thing in the world, that means you don’t think the Islamic Republic of Iran or North Korea or the Taliban is as bad.

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

And once you’re unafraid with death, I think your capacity for violence is immediately increased. Once you’re unafraid of death, you are a very, very dangerous adversary.

Where destruction is the motive, unity is dangerous.

Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.

One thing we can do is make the choice to view the world in a healthy way. We can choose to see the world as safe with only moments of danger rather than seeing the world as dangerous with only moments of safety.

The search for Nirvana, like the search for Utopia or the end of history or the classless society, is ultimately a futile and dangerous one. It involves, if it does not necessitate, the sleep of reason. There is no escape from anxiety and struggle.