The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other peoples.

Joy is the triumph of life; it is the sign that we are living our true life as spiritual beings.

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

The fruit of the tree of knowledge always drives man from some paradise or other; and even the paradise of fools is not an unpleasant abode while it is habitable.

Deliberate cruelty to our defenceless and beautiful little cousins is surely one of the meanest and most detestable vices of which a human being can be guilty.

The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing.