Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

What we call Man’s power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.

I don’t ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing ‚cos that’s just… that’s just telling yourself a lie.

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man.

The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

Life is precious.

If selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy!

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

I am rather inclined to silence.

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn’t wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.

Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

The best augury of a man’s success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.

The way up and the way down are one and the same.

Life is so, so short. Bible says it’s like a vapor.

Whenever I’m around some who is modest, I think, ‚Run like hell and all of fire.‘ You don’t want modesty, you want humility.

Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don’t see what goes on underground – as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don’t see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree.

I can unload my opinion on anybody at anytime.

I’m not good at talking about myself.

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people’s minds.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

Create a ladder of values and priorities in your life, reminding yourself of what really matters to you.

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

Where the mind goes, the man follows.

Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.

Lots of songs aren’t even from my experiences, but they’re about accepting… the dark things about yourself.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

My career as Nipsey Hussle is based on my life as Ermias Asghedom.

To me, comedy is just twisting reality. It’s commenting or observing or twisting life.

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.

Theology is unnecessary.

Philosophy is the highest music.

I know now that there is no one thing that is true – it is all true.

When I was making the early stuff, I never expected it to be so big. I was in my own kind of bubble. I never wanted to tour; I just wanted to create music and make a diary I could put out into the world. And sometimes, I became the characters.

It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

We must accept what science tells us, that man was born from the earth. But, more logical than the scientists who lecture us, we must carry this lesson to its conclusion: that is to say, accept that man was born entirely from the world – not only his flesh and bones but his incredible power of thought.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?

Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.

It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

Choosing an attitude of faith will release peace out of your spirit and into your soul.

The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.