It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, 

nor any pleasure so lasting.

What lies behind you 

and what lies in front of you, 

pales in comparison 

to what lies inside of you.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, 

it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

An idea that is developed and put into action 

is more important than 

an idea that exists only as an idea.

There was a door 

to which I found no key: 

There was the veil 

through which I might not see.

It is a dangerous thing to have instant access to your emotions.

I thought one should have the attitude of 

'What do you care what other people think!'

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

What I aspired to be 

and was not, 

comforts me.

The chief benefit, which results from philosophy, 

arises in an indirect manner, 

and proceeds more from its secret, insensible influence, 

than from its immediate application.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

The great thing in the world 

is not so much to seek happiness 

as to earn peace and self-respect.

The wise man must remember that 

while he is a descendant of the past, 

he is a parent of the future.

It is justice, 

not charity, 

that is wanting in the world.