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In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world.

Whether one be fearful or fearless, foolish or wise, troubled or serene, within that soul lies the cause of its own state or states, and never without.

If errors have been committed they ought to be corrected; if the policy is sound it ought to be supported.

If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur or glory, but from conviction of national innocence, information, and benevolence.

Have none of my Fellow Creatures an equitable Right to any Part which is called mine?

Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul.

Say not, “I have found the truth,” but rather, “I have found a truth.”

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.

in the exercise of this high power, we must be ever on our guard, lest we erect our prejudices into legal principles

Spend, then, the fleeting remnant of your time in a spirit that accords with Nature, and depart contentedly.

The fact is that old age is respectable just as long as it asserts itself, maintains its proper rights, and is not enslaved to any one.

He who experiments must, while doing so, divest himself of every preconception.

I had, and still have, determined perseverance, but I soon found that it was in vain to occupy my mind beyond a certain time.

An honest man’s pillow is his peace of mind, and when you lay down on the pillow at night, no matter who’s in our bed we all sleep alone.

Instead of denying these fears, declare them, say them out loud, admit them, give them the credit they deserve.

You are going to make mistakes — own them, make amends, and move on. Guilt and regret kills many a man before their time. Turn the page, get off the ride.

I have never had any trouble turning the page in the book of my life.

Life is not a popularity contest. Be brave, take the hill but first, answer the question, “What is my hill?”

Life’s not easy…don’t try and make it that way. It’s not fair, it never was, it isn’t now, it won’t ever be.

Every effort under compulsion demands a sacrifice of life-energy.

The ultimate effect of parasitism is always a paralysis of the will and an inability to compel oneself into any course of action for the moment unpleasurable and exhaustive.

For this reason there is no truth comparable to sorrow.

He who is wise tries to harmonise the wishes that seek for self-gratification with the wish for the social good, and only thus can he realise his higher self.

We gain our freedom when we attain our truest nature.