The fear of death follows the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them, they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will sink out of sight.

Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world, individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever.

I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.

Revenge and retaliation always perpetuate the cycle of anger, fear and violence.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.

The only way to live, is knowing you’re going to die. If you're afraid to die, you'll never be able to live.

Life does not consist of facts. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever flowing through one's head.

There is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.

Nobody is more inferior than those who insists on being equal.

Without properly kept accounts it is impossible to maintain truth in its pristine purity.

The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth.

When a person can't find a deep meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there.

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.