Purity is innocence, the innocence of lack of self. Desire is innocent unless it's connected with self.
If you are wise, all men will be your friends and kindred, for you will be useful.
He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age
The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.
'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who deserves to be called a philosopher, isn't he?'
Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.
The whole life of the philosopher is a preparation for death.
The Orator persuades and carries all with him, he knows not how; the Rhetorician can prove that he ought to have persuaded and carried all with him.
When you realize that you are an eternal being, you will laugh at things that used to give you anxiety attacks.
I think [Albert Camus] wanted to write something to explain who he was, and how he was different from the age that had been conferred upon him.
I enjoyed living in Chicago and doing plays for little or no money. I never actually thought that I would leave Chicago, originally. I wasn't one of those people that had a plan to pack up the van and drive out to Hollywood. I didn't want to.