They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.
From Arthur Schopenhauer
Compassion is the basis of morality.
It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.
The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.
Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.
Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.
Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world.
The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.
The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
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