"Excitement is not enjoyment: in calmness lies..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“A thousand men enslaved fear one beast free.”

“It is not so easy to keep silent when the silence is a lie.”

“A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.”

“Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure – attractively packaged but inferior in content.”

“There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.”

“There is no sincerer love than the love of food.”

“Meditation is valuable for all of humanity because it involves looking inward. People don't have to be religious to look inside themselves more carefully. It is constructive and worthwhile to analyze our emotions, including compassion and our sense of caring, so that we can become more calm and happy.”

“The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.”

“Let us be poised, wise and our own today.”