Life and Existence

The eye which sees all objects reversed retains the images for some time.

We might say that the earth has the spirit of growth; that its flesh is the soil.

A long life is a life well spent.

A long life is a life well spent.

The water which rises in the mountain is the blood which keeps the mountain in life.

Every action needs to be prompted by a motive. To know and to will are two operations of the human mind. Discerning, judging, deliberating are acts of the human mind.

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

There is nothing that deceives us more than our own judgment when used to give an opinion on our own works. It is sound in judging the work of our enemies but not that of our friends, for hate and love are two of the most powerfully motivating factors found among living things.

A deaf and dumb person who sees two men in conversation may nevertheless understand from the attitudes and gestures of the speakers, how well their discussion is getting along.

The art of procreation and the members employed therein are so repulsive, that if it were not for the beauty of the faces and the adornments of the actors and the pent-up impulse, nature would lose the human species.

While you are alone you are entirely your own master and if you have one companion you are but half your own, and the less so in proportion to the indiscretion of his behavior.

The spirit desires to remain with its body, because, without the organic instruments of that body, it can neither act, nor feel anything.

The study of what is excellent is food for the mind and body.

There is nothing which deceives us as much as our own judgement.

The soul can never be corrupted with the corruption of the body, but it is like the wind which causes the sound of the organ, and which ceases to produce a good effect when a pipe is spoilt.

To discover the soul living in s o m e b o dy ’s b o dy, we w at ch t h e surrounding of the body, and if it’s messy and disordered, so is the soul.

When you are alone you are all your own.

One can have no more mastery over the environment, than one has over himself.

All thoughts start from emotions.

Your brain is much better than you think; just use it!

O sleepers! what a thing is slumber! Sleep resembles death. Ah, why then dost thou not work in such wise as that after death thou mayst retain a resemblance to perfect life, when, during life, thou art in sleep so like to the hapless dead?

O sleepers! what a thing is slumber! Sleep resembles death. Ah, why then dost thou not work in such wise as that after death thou mayst retain a resemblance to perfect life, when, during life, thou art in sleep so like to the hapless dead?

When Fortune comes, seize her in front with a sure hand, because behind she is bald.

People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life.