The effort we make to be happy is never lost.
Silence is often the truest wisdom.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not, than in those who know it.
A quiet and modest life brings more joy than a pursuit of success bound with constant unrest.
Men differ by what they show, and have in common what they hide.
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty.
He has what he desires who can limit his desires to what is enough.
In excessive altercation, truth is lost.
From the faults of another a wise man will correct his own.
He conquers twice who conquers himself in victory.
For souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.
If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.
Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
I would never die for my beliefs, because I might be wrong.
There are certain things that we hide in order to reveal them.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
We admire the world through what we love.
Responsible one is not only for what you do but also for what it does not.
Do not trouble yourself, make yourself simple.
There is no disguise which can long hide love where it exists, nor feign it where it does not.
If we had no pride we should not complain of that of others.
Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.
Learning to love is why we are here.
A day without laughter is a day wasted.
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I am human, and I think that nothing of that which is human is alien to me.
It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.
The aim of living is Life itself.
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