When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.
Their silence is praise enough.
Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.
What grace I have is enough.
Fame isn't healthy for a writer.
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.
We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
Be true to thine own self
I only know that I know nothing
All I know is that I do not know anything
Elegance is inferior to virtue.
Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.
An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.
All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.
People will travel anywhere for good food - it's crazy.
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.
