"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."



"Go out on a limb.  That's where the fruit is."

“No two persons ever read the same book”

"Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is."

“Let us live for the beauty of our own reality”

"A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves."

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection”

"Be careful going in search of adventure - it's ridiculously easy to find"



“Corruption thrives in secret places”



"This city is what it is because our citizens are what they are"

"Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity"

"The only way to have a friend is to be one"