In the present age, a man with harmonious ideas is regarded as out of touch.
As a child I was told by my parents that I was happy, but I did not believe them.
The pointless ferocities of intellectual life shock businessmen, who kill only to eat.
Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures.
The grandeur of a philosophy does not certify its truth.
Fruitless striving breeds less despair than inaction.