We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind.

Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.

Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do.

The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.

The wise learn from the experience of others, and the creative know how to make a crumb of experience go a long way.

There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.

Rudeness is the weak man's limitation of strength.