We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.