If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou