What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which, generally speaking, decides the whole future of an existence. One single black speck may be the beginning of gangrene, of a storm, of a revolution.

The great majority of men are but tangled skeins, imperfect keyboards, so many specimens of restless or stagnant chaos--and what makes their situation almost hopeless is the fact that they take pleasure in it. There is no curing a sick man who believes himself in health.

Joy is the vital air of the soul.

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being. -Henri

The only substance properly so called is the soul.

A microscopic phantom of the universe; this is all that we are able to be.

In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.