Life is full of troubles and vexations, that one must either rise above it by means of corrected thoughts, or leave it.

For an act to be moral the intention must be based on compassion, not duty. We do something because we want to do it, because we feel we have to do it, not because we ought to do it. And even if our efforts fail - or we never even get to implement them - we are still moral because our motivation was based on compassion.

Pantheism is only a polite form of atheism.

Something of great importance now past is inferior to something of little importance now present, in that the latter is a reality, and related to the former as something to nothing.

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

No one can transcend their own individuality.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.