The only free mind is one that, pure of all intimacy with beings or objects, plies its own vacuity.

Peace is our gift to each other.

Theology, by diverting the attention of men from this life to another, and by endeavoring to coerce all men into one religion, constantly preaching that this world is full of misery, but the next world would be beautiful – or not, as the case may be – has forced on men the thought of fear where otherwise there might have been the happy abandon of nature.

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

Material things aside, we need no advice but approval.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn

Study hard so that you can master technology, which allows us to master nature.

We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature, or go insane.

Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish.

It’s the nature of the beast within us to keep going back to the familiar rather than to strap on faith and face the future.

Patience is a bitter plant that produces sweet fruit.

Appreciate the members of your family for who they are, even though their outlook or style may be miles different from yours. Rabbits don’t fly. Eagles don’t swim. Ducks look funny trying to climb. Squirrels don’t have feathers. Stop comparing. There’s plenty of room in the forest.

This will not be easy because it doesn’t come naturally to us. We cannot do this on our own. We have to allow God to elevate our vantage point. Start by reading His Word, the Bible…Pray and ask God to transform your thinking. Let Him do what you cannot. Ask Him to give you an eternal, divine perspective.

I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at the people.

What important is man should live in righteousness, in natural love for mankind

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.