Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.