Our sweetest existence is relative and collective and our true self is not entirely in us. Such is man’s constitution in this life that he never succ… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know. Among the most necessary knowledge is the knowledge of how to live well, that is, how to produce the least possible evil and the greatest goodness in one’s life. At present, people study useless sciences, but forget to study this, the most important knowledge.

Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.

If you are willing to do only what’s easy, life will be hard. But if you’re willing to do what’s hard, life will be easy.