We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

We see and hear 

and otherwise experience 

very largely as we do 

because the language habits of our community 

predispose certain choices of interpretation.

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. 

Security is an insipid thing.

Truth emerges more readily from error 

than from confusion.

The great art of life is sensation, 

to feel that we exist, 

even in pain.

I have always observed 

that to succeed in the world 

one should seem a fool, 

but be wise.

Where sense is wanting, 

everything is wanting.

Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. 

There is always something to make you wonder 

in the shape of a tree, 

the trembling of a leaf.

In Socrates' thought 

the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; 

it is practical and it is social.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, 

and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

Without courage, 

wisdom bears no fruit.

I am thankful I can see much to admire in all religions.

Our only security is our ability to change.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

What I dream of is an art of balance, 

of purity and serenity 

devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter

 — a soothing, calming influence on the mind, 

rather like a good armchair 

which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.