I cannot afford to waste my time making money.

I cannot afford to waste my time making money.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is read more

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best read more

You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best education of all. If a man carries many such memories into life with him, he is saved for the rest of his days. And even if only one good memory is left in our hearts, it may also be the instrument of our salvation one day.

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

There is nothing certain except the unforeseen.

There is nothing certain except the unforeseen.

Memory moderates prosperity, decreases adversity, controls youth and delights old age.

Memory moderates prosperity, decreases adversity, controls youth and delights old age.

Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

The idea is to make decisions and act on them -- to decide what is important to accomplish, to decide read more

The idea is to make decisions and act on them -- to decide what is important to accomplish, to decide how something can best be accomplished, to find time to work at it and to get it done.

One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows read more

One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature. When one feels such pleasure in non-existence, one's inclination can be completely satisfied only by completely ceasing to exist.