Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.

The soul exceeds its circumstances.

I once drew a picture of Jack Nicholson in The Shining. But I put it away after a Feng Shui expert told me about the bad vibes

Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face NOTHING new under the sun.

I am discovering how my consciousness dominating addictions create my illusory version of the changing world of people and situations around me.

I'm not interested in just putting out one hit.

While most girls run away from home to marry, I ran away to teach.

Some people may think I am still young and still a boy but now I feel like I am a man.

He who has suffered shipwreck, fears to sail Upon the seas, though with a gentle gale.

When a sincere woman begins to dance, the seven heavens, the earth, and all creatures begin to dance.