The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

I want to do it because I want to do it.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

Question everything, even the answers.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened

There is no God. But it does not matter. Man is enough.

What’s considered to be true is fought over. Individuals search for truth but groups search for consensus—and society is the largest group. So the biggest problem we run into is this: What society wants for you is not always what’s good for you.