happiness and satisfaction always imply some desire fulfilled, some state of pain brought to an end. - Arthur Schopenhauer

Whatever torch we kindle, and whatever space it may illuminate, our horizon will always remain encircled by the depth of night.

In general, nine-tenths of our happiness depends on our health alone.

A man’s body and the needs of his body are now everywhere treated with a tender indulgence. Is the thinking mind then, to be the only thing that is never to obtain the slightest measure of consideration or protection, to say nothing of respect?