My ideas usually come not at my desk writing, but in the midst of living.

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.

Appreciate the food your mother cooks for you. Some dont have food, others dont have mothers.

Ascetic ideals reveal so many bridges to independence that a philosopher is bound to rejoice and clap his hands when he hears the story of all those resolute men who one day said No to all servitude and went into some desert.

Employee:

Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.