Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?

When all life is seen as divine, everyone grows wings.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.

All of us are products of our childhood.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.