Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy. – Henri Frederic Amiel

The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge. – Eckhart

So you are lean and mean and resourceful and you continue to walk on the edge of the precipice because over the years you have become fascinated by how close you can walk without losing your balance. – Attributed to Richard M. Nixon

We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves that we have no great ones. РFran̤ois VI de la Rochefoucault, Maxims