Évariste Galois

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't going away.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

To die is to be a sleep.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.