The magnificent believes half of what he hears and twice what he says.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
If you seek to understand the whole universe you will understand nothing at all but seek to understand yourself and you will understand the whole universe.
If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.
-Edmond De Goncourt
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship… To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.
-George Sand
Direct the mind resolutely towards God, restraining the senses in their various seats, and looking on the state of the body as a matter of indifference. Realise your oneness with God, remaining continually intent on identifying with its nature…for what use is there in other, empty things?