If one's bowels move, one is happy, and if they don't move, one is unhappy. That is all there is to it.

Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.

All men and women have passions, natural desires and noble ambitions, and also a conscience; they have sex, hunger, fear, anger, and are subject to sickness, pain, suffering and death. Culture consists of bringing about the expression of these passions and desires in harmony.

No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful heart that we lose the inner warmth in ourselves.

Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

To glorify the past and paint the future is easy, to survey the present and emerge with some light and understanding is difficult.