Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.

That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.

Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.

Men exist for the sake of one another.

The universe is transformation: life is opinion.

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.

It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.

The only source of knowledge is experience.

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.