The miller believes that all the wheat grows so that his mill keeps running.

I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before, and I hope to return a thousand times... Man is a dialogue between nature and God. On other planets this dialogue will doubtless be of a higher and profounder character. What is lacking is Self-Knowledge. After that the rest will follow.

The phrases that men hear or repeat continually, end by becoming convictions and ossify the organs of intelligence.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.

To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities

Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing.