Life and Existence

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.

Life must be lived as play.

Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.

The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.

The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.

A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.

The present will not long endure.

Learn what you are and be such.

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

'Know thyself' is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say 'know others.'

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.

Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.