Developing the extremely rare attitude of not minding how life is happening is a billion times better than prolonging your life, even if by a trillion years.

To want is to suffer.

No matter how long you are going to live, you are going to die now.

To chase pleasure is to be chased by pain.

Optimism is an effort.

An untamed mind is usually doing its level best to attain or to retain unhappiness.

Time and money are almost always saved to be wasted.

What some people regard as freedom is slavery wearing makeup … a push-up bra … and a corset.

Some people are lucky to do what they love for a living, but are unlucky not to be allowed to do it how they want to do it.