Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.

At his best man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst

At his best man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst

The greatest events of an age are its best thoughts. It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.

Silent gratitude isn't very much use to anyone.

Nature takes life as abundantly as she gives.

nature takes life as abundantly as she gives.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

Meditation is the way by which you must strive to rise above delusion and know your true nature. If you can hold on to that consciousness in activity as well as in meditation...then you will be above this dream world of gods.

It is better to follow one's own nature, though defective than to imitate another's virtue, which is perfect.