Nothing is more conductive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.

There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.

One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.

I cannot stop thinking that I died before I was born and that at my death I will return to the same state

To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation.