The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.
...this our world, which is so real, with all its suns and milky ways is-nothing.
I have described religion as the metaphysics of the people.
Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.
All wanting comes from need, therefore from lack, therefore from suffering.
We must set limits to our wishes, curb our desires, moderate our anger, always remembering that an individual can attain only an infinitesimal share in anything that is worth having; and that on the other hand, everyone must incur many of the ills of life