We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

Live for each second without hesitation.

Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

Everything that truly makes us happy is quite simple: love, sex, and food!

Don't allow your rituals to become ruts.