The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment.

...in the end every one stands alone, and the important thing is who it is that stands alone.

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.

Money alone is absolutely good, because it is not only a concrete satisfaction of one need in particular; it is an abstract satisfaction of all.

Every nation criticizes every other one - and they are all correct.

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

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.