If we have not peace within ourselves, 

it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.

Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, 

and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand 

than space is with stars.

The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; 

and different beliefs are distinguished by 

the different modes of action to which they give rise.

The public will believe anything, 

so long as it is not founded on truth.

To live only for some future goal is shallow. 

It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, 

not the top.

Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beauty 

that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction; 

that it pleases if we also do not possess it 

and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it.

True creativity often starts where language ends.

Invention, 

it must be humbly admitted, 

does not consist in creating out of void, 

but out of chaos.