We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.
~ Plato

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
~ Schopenhauer

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
~ Nietzsche


Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.~ Nietzsche

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious. ~ Spinoza

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous. ~ Plato

The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication. ~ Aristotle

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat. ~ Sartre

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive. ~ Nietzsche

Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free. ~ Montesquieu

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart. ~ Saint Augustine

The word "Christianity" is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross. ~ Nietzsche

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. ~ Epicurus

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear. ~ Sartre

But in simple substances the influence of one monad over another is ideal only. ~ Leibniz