The perception of the comic is a tie of sympathy with other men, a pledge of sanity, and a protection from those perverse tendencies and gloomy insanities in which fine intellects sometimes lose themselves. A rogue alive to the ludicrous is still convertible. If that sense is lost, his fellow-men can do little for him.
Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman – repose in energy.
You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually, whatever you do, you do by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself.
All that appears is devoid of independent existence, just like a magical apparition or a dream.
Skepticism is unbelief in cause and effect.
All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
Try not. Do or do not… there is no try.
Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save one; and that one is his cowardice.
You must learn to drink the cup of life as it comes … without stirring it up from the bottom. That’s where the bitter dregs are!
Any enlightenment which requires to be authenticated, certified, recognized, congratulated, is false, or at least incomplete.
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
There is no sincerer love than the love of food.
We hear and apprehend only what we already half know.
If you believe in fate, believe in it, at least, for your good.
All the things that truly matter, beauty, love, creativity, joy and inner peace arise from beyond the mind.
We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.
In all evils which admits a remedy, impatience should be avoided, because it wastes the time and attention in complaints which, if properly applied, might remove the cause.
It all depends on you. You can go on sleeping forever, you can wake up right this moment.
The stars are the apexes of what triangles!
Only one is a wanderer; two together are always going somewhere.
