Worry is a form of fear, and all forms of fear produce fatigue. A man who has learned not to feel fear will find the fatigue of daily life enormously diminished.

We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit. - Octavio Paz The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, and too much brings chaos.

Faith: a firm belief for which there is no evidence.

The dictum that human nature cannot be changed is one of those tiresome platitudes that conceal from the ignorant the depths of their own ignorance.

The man who only loves beautiful things is dreaming, whereas the man who knows absolute beauty is wide awake.

no one ever gossips about the virtues of others