“Let us revere, let us worship, but erect and open-eyed, the highest, not the lowest; the future, not the past!”

The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society — more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.

The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls…

We cannot change our memories, but we can change their meaning and the power they have over us.

True happiness means forging a strong spirit that is undefeated, no matter how trying our circumstances.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.

Example has more followers than reason.