“The problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.”
Dogma · Humility · Overconfidence
“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.”
Happiness · Peace · Serenity · Solitude · Tranquility
“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.”
Avoidance · Fear · Love
“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”
Eudaimonia · Inspiration · Knowledge · Love · Wisdom
“I should wish to die while still at work, knowing that others will carry on what I can no longer do and content in the thought that what was possible has been done.”
Contentment · Duty · Legacy · Mortality · Purpose
“An individual human existence should be like a river: small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being.”
Acceptance · Maturity · Tranquility · Transcendence
