We see only what we know.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.

One should not search for anything behind the phenomena. They themselves are the message.

If man thinks about his physical or moral state he usually discovers that he is ill.

A man's foibles are what makes him lovable.

Every man bears something within him that, if it were publicly announced, would excite feelings of aversion.

I must consider more closely this cycle of good and bad days which I find coursing within myself. Passion, attachment, the urge to action, inventiveness, performance, order all alternate and keep their orbit; cheerfulness, vigor, energy, flexibility and fatigue, serenity as well as desire. Nothing disturbs the cycle for I lead a simple life, but I must still find the time and order in which I rotate.