How can a man find a sensible way to live? One way and one only- Philosophy. And my philosophy means keeping that vital spark within you free from damage and degradation, using it to transcend pain and pleasure, doing everything with a purpose, avoiding lies and hypocrisy, not relying on another person's actions or failings. To accept everything that comes, and everything that is given, as coming from that same spiritual source.
To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake. How could I have looked him in the face?
Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing.
Friends, why do you scrape every stone to gather wealth,
and take so little care of your children,
to whom one day you will relinquish it all?
It is both naïve and foolish to view your diet as anything other than the single greatest source of chemistry and information in your life. It has the greatest impact on your genetic expression and your health, both in the positive and the negative. And, for the most part it is completely in your control to use it to your advantage or to your detriment.
Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
The trouble with many plans is that they are based on the way things are now. To be successful, your personal plan must focus on what you want, not what you have
