It was but yesterday I thought myself a fragment quivering without rhythm in the sphere of life. Now I know that I am the sphere, and all life in rhythmic fragments moves within me.

For Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and Passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction.

History does not repeat itself except in the minds of those who do not know history.

Rob a neighbour with a smile.

Some who are too scrupulous to steal your possessions nevertheless see no wrong in tampering with your thoughts.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

You are good when you walk to your goal firmly and with bold steps. Yet you are not evil when you go thither limping. For those who limp go not backwards. But you who are strong and swift, see that you do not limp before the lame, deeming it kindness.