Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.

Can it be that there is not enough space for man in this beautiful world, under those immeasurable, starry heavens?

He liked to fish; he seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation.

Every time I tried to express my most heartfelt desires to be morally good I met with contempt and ridicule; and as soon as I would give in to vile passions I was praised and encouraged. Ambition, love of power, self-interest, lechery, pride, anger, vengeance-all of it was highly esteemed.

It is not beauty that endears, it's love that makes us see beauty.

History would be a wonderful thing – if it were only true.

In former times the chief method of justifying the use of violence and thereby infringing the law of love was by claiming a divine right for the rulers: the Tsars, Sultans, Rajahs, Shahs and other heads of states.