A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time, it is common to all, hence the incomparably indivisible union that exists between human beings.

There is a down-and-outness under true knowledge and a childlike happy arising from it.

Life's splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it by the right word, by its right name, it will come.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as 'nauseatingly miserable beyond repair'.

I’m doing badly, I’m doing well; whichever you prefer.