Life and Existence

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.

Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.

Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.

But time growing old teaches all things.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.

Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.

It is human to exaggerate the merits of the dead.

A baby is an inestimable blessing and bother.

I find that the further I go back, the better things were, whether they happened or not.

There have been innumerable Temporary Seekers after the Truth-have you ever heard of a permanent one?