I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.Michel de Montaigne
Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.Michel de Montaigne
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.Arthur Schopenhauer
The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.Cicero