"To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it."

"One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

"True innovation is born when curiosity dares to question long-settled assumptions. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"It is a humble truth that in the tapestry of human existence, every trial adds depth to the design — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present."

"I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.'"

"Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants."

"The will of man is his happiness."