self-discovery Quotes

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.