“ I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. ”

“ The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows. ”

“ Death may be the greatest of all human blessings. ”

“ Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty. ”

“ The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less. ”

“ If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality. ”

“ He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. ”

“ We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same. ”

“ In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit. ”

“ Because paper has more patience than people. ”

“ No moon, sun, diamond, hands — fingertip, dot, ray, gauze, sea. pine green, pink glass, eye, mine, eraser, mud, mother, I am coming. ”

“ The most important thing for everyone in Gringolandia is to have ambition and become 'somebody,' and frankly, I don't have the least ambition to become anybody. ”