Emotion is always multiplied in the art of a person who doesn't really show much emotion. It once expanded deep within his hidden soul, and following the downplay his audience is blown away.

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.

The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people.

In the land where excellence is commended, not envied, where weakness is aided, not mocked, there is no question as to how its inhabitants are all superhuman.

Absurdity is the ecstasy of intellectualism.

The barrier during self-improvement is not so much that we hate learning, rather we hate being taught. To learn entails that the knowledge was achieved on one's own accord-it feels great-but to be taught often leaves a feeling of inferiority. Thus it takes a bit of determination and a lot of humility in order for one to fully develop.

If the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness rather than make itself happy, then the entire world would be happy.