José Monico

“If you are told that such an one speaks ill of you, make no defense against what was said, but answer, "He surely knows not my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these only!”
― Epictetus, The Golden Sayings of Epictetus

“It is important to the peace of the world to understand each other and have full faith in each other's sincerity. That is all we ask; that is all we want[...]”
― Harry S Truman

“Most fortunately it happens, that since reason is incapable of dispelling these clouds, nature herself suffices to that purpose, and cures me of this philosophical melancholy and delirium, either by relaxing this bent of mind, or by some avocation, and lively impression of my senses, which obliterate all these chimeras. I dine, I play a game of backgammon, I converse, and am merry with my friends; and when after three or four hours' amusement, I would return to these speculations, they appear so cold, and strain'd, and ridiculous, that I cannot find in my heart to enter into them any farther.”
― David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature

“A flower of light pointlessly beautiful.”
― Stephen Baxter