Why does man have reason if he can only be influenced by violence?

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

The soul is immortal- well then, if I shall always live, I must have lived before, lived for a whole eternity.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

At moments of departure and a change of life, people capable of reflecting on their actions usually get into a serious state of mind. At these moments they usually take stock of the past and make plans for the future.

There can be only one permanent revolution- a moral one: the regeneration of the inner man.

The simplest and shortest ethical precept is to be served as little as possible . . . and to serve others as much as possible.