Survival is nothing more than recovery.

Survival is nothing more than recovery.

Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire read more

Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire for madness. It grows angry with itself, turns its own executioner, and revenges its misfortunes on its own head.

Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.

Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.

It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than read more

It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

Moderation is the secret of survival.

Moderation is the secret of survival.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has read more

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.

The nympholepsy of some fond despair.

The nympholepsy of some fond despair.

In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for read more

In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.

It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear.

It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear.