Beauty is a gift of God.

To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of our own existence.

He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.

The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity of the dissimilar.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

We do not know a truth without knowing its cause.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.

Think as the wise men think, but talk like the simple people do.

Our characters are the result of our conduct.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

I say that habit's but a long practice, friend, and this becomes men's nature in the end.

Laughter is a bodily exercise, precious to Health.

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

The proof that you know something is that you are able to teach it.

The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either.

Find the good. Seek the Unity. Ignore the divisions among us.

For that which has become habitual, becomes as it were natural.

Happiness belongs to the self sufficient.

A friend of everyone is a friend of no one.

A city is composed of different kinds of men; similar people cannot bring a city into existence.

Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character.