The artisan or scientist or the follower of whatever discipline who has the habit of comparing himself not with other followers but with the discipline itself will have a lower opinion of himself, the more excellent he is.

Ignorance is the greatest source of happiness.

Every man remembers his childhood as a kind of mythical age, just as every nation's childhood is its mythical age.

Boredom is the most sublime of all human emotions because it expresses the fact that the human spirit, in a certain sense, is greater than the entire universe. Boredom is an expression of a profound despair at not finding anything that can satisfy the soul's boundless needs.

The thought that really crushes us is the thought of the futility of life of which death is the visible manifestation.

A dictionary can embrace only a small part of the vast tapestry of a language.

There's no greater sign of being a poor philosopher and wise man than wanting all of life to be wise and philosophical.