Horace

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Nothing’s beautiful from every point of view.

Tear thyself from delay.

When a man is just and firm in his purpose, the citizens burning to approve a wrong or the frowning looks of a tyrant. Do not shake his fixed mind, nor the Southwind. Wild lord of the uneasy Adriatic, nor the thunder in the mighty hand of Jove: Should the heavens crack and tumble down, as the ruins crushed him he would not fear.

Understanding is a two-way street.

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harp of man’s body.

The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment. That’s all there ever is.

In the stillness of the mind I saw myself as I am – unbound.

If you are in a poker game and after 20 minutes you don’t know who the patsy is, then you’re the patsy.

If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It’s very important to be aware of them every time they come up.

Work is always an antidote to depression.

The American Constitution, one of the few modern political documents drawn up by men who were forced by the sternest circumstances to think out what they really had to face, instead of chopping logic in a university classroom.

Real practice has no purpose or direction, so it can include everything that comes.

We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.

A banker is a fellow who lends his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

The time has come to shed this skin. Its cloying inconvenience doesn’t fit me anymore. My new attire strikes color, shine, shadow, makes noise, and may put your teeth on edge. Tough sh–. Get used to it. I’m inviting you to step into your fear and dance with life.

Be an opener of doors.