There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action.

Let him cry whoever feels like crying, for we were animals before we became reasoning beings, and the shedding of a tear, whether of forgiveness or of pity or of sheer delight at beauty, will do him a lot of good.

Life is too short to make an over-serious business out of it.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Why should man bother himself so much about salvation, unless he has a feeling of being doomed?

True peace of mind comes from accepting the worst. Psychologically, I think it means a release of energy.