“If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.”

Nature offers nothing that can be called this man’s rather than another’s; but under nature everything belongs to all.

Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.

God is not He who is, but That which is.

Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.

Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.

He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.

Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.

The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.

No matter how much you plan your life, it will turn out differently

Darling remember we are all the same with different coverings.

The adult heart beats differently.

There are so many different kinds of love in this world and you are capable of each and every one.

It’s strange where we find ourselves years after being in a completely different place.

He is a friend. A different kind of lover.

Some women will have you look at life differently.

The blessings feel different when there is love and peace in your heart.