“He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.”

No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.

After death there is nothing.

Find a path or make one.

A good person dyes events with his own colour and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.

To govern was to serve, not to rule.

The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.

When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.

There is no genius without a touch of madness.

The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.

No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.

The sun also shines on the wicked.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms – you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.

Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.

Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.

Being brave enough to be alone frees you up to invite people into your life because you want them and not because you need them.

Living in each moment with the awareness that nothing is permanent is an invitation to love more deeply, to speak more honesty, and to align with whispers of our soul.

You can’t be afraid of a little rain when you invite the storm in for a cup of coffee.

It’s nice to get invited to the parties and to be able to hobnob and celebrate a job well done with your colleagues.

You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.

Wicked companions invite us to hell.