Hatred which is completely vanquished by love passes into love: and love is thereupon greater than if hatred had not preceded it.

I can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.

What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.

Many errors, of a truth, consist merely in the application of the wrong names of things.

. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.