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.

It is important that man dreams, but it is perhaps equally important that he can laugh at his own dreams.

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

Few men who have liberated themselves from the fear of God and the fear of death are yet able to liberate themselves from the fear of man.

There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man.

A tendency to fly too straight at a goal, instead of circling around it, often carries one too far.

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