Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination.
Newspapers are the second hand of history.
Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law.
It is only a man’s own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them.
Shame on such a morality that is worthy of pariahs, and that fails to recognize the eternal essence that exists in every living thing, and shines forth with inscrutable significance from all eyes that see the sun!
Vedas are the most rewarding and the most elevating book which can be possible in the world.
There is only one inborn error, and that is the notion that we exist in order to be happy.
A good supply of resignation is of the first importance in providing for the journey of life.
There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.
Life is a task to be done. It is a fine thing to say defunctus est; it means that the man has done his task.
The scenes of our life are like pictures done in rough mosaic. Looked at close, they produce no effect. There is nothing beautiful to be found in them, unless you stand some distance off.
Unrest is the mark of existence.
Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever.
Want and boredom are indeed the twin poles of human life.
Life is neither to be wept over nor to be laughed at but to be understood.
Life is a language in which certain truths are conveyed to us; if we could learn them in some other way, we should not live.
If a man sets out to hate all the miserable creatures he meets, he will not have much energy left for anything else; whereas he can despise them, one and all, with the greatest ease.
Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art, for the object of journalism is to make events go as far as possible.
Genius is to other gifts what the carbuncle is to the precious stones. It sends forth its own light, whereas other stones only reflect borrowed light.
Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches.