Miles

“The soul in which philosophy dwells should by its health make even the body healthy. It should make its tranquillity and gladness shine out from within; should form in its own mold the outward demeanor, and consequently arm it with a graceful pride, an active and joyous bearing, and a contented and good-natured countenance. The surest sign of wisdom is constant cheerfulness.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters

“The man is only a half himself, the other half is his expression”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”
― Antonio Gramsci

“There's a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia