There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.

Loneliness is not cured by human company. Loneliness is cured by contact with reality.

Behold God beholding you...and smiling.

Live your life as you see fit. That's not selfish. Selfish is to demand that others live their lives as you see fit.

What you are aware of you are in control of; what you are not aware of is in control of you.

I leave you free to be yourself: to think your thoughts, indulge your tastes, follow your inclinations, behave in ways that you decide are to your liking.

As the Arabs say, "The nature of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens.