There is no death of anyone, save in appearance, just as there is no birth of any, save only in seeming.

The only prayer which a well-meaning man can pray is, O ye gods, give me whatever is fitting unto me!

In India, I found a race of mortals living upon the Earth, but not adhering to it, inhabiting cities, but not being fixed to them, possessing everything, but possessed by nothing.

Virtue comes by nature, learning, and practice, and thanks to virtue, all of the aforesaid may deserve approval.

I feel friendship towards philosophers, but towards sophists, teachers of literature, or any other such kind of godforsaken people, I neither feel friendship now, nor may I ever do so in the future.

Multicolored stones and paintings, walkways, and theaters are useless in a city unless it also contains wisdom and law. Such things are the subject of wisdom and law, not equivalent to them.

The gods do not need sacrifices, so what might one do to please them? Acquire wisdom, it seems to me, and do all the good in one's power to those humans who deserve it.

Habitual identification with discursive thought is the source of human suffering

Release the stress you are holding. Feel the tension leave your body. Now, look at the root of your stress. Find your solution in a moment of calm, not anxiety.

Our wings are small but the ripples of the heart are infinite.

Words cant explain everything.But silence never fails to mean something

I'm not really angry at you.I'm just angry at myself for not doing anything.

Much can be learned in play that will afterwards be of use when the circumstances demand it.

The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

People ask me how I stay happy and sane: I never google myself.

Most writers are secretly worried that they're not really writers. That it's all been happenstance, something came together randomly, the letters came together, and they won't coalesce ever again.

Medication without explanation is obscene.