"All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion."
"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."
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature."
"When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ..."
"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them."
"If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed."