Claude Adrien Helvetius

"Health is the prerequisite for all other pursuits."

"Adventure enriches the soul and expands the mind."

"Imagination is the workshop of the genius."

"Progress is the child of innovation."

"Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it."

"The philosopher seeks truth above all else."

"Great literature speaks across the ages."

"Politics requires wisdom and integrity."

"War leaves scars that generations must heal."

"Motivation is the bridge between desire and achievement."

"Inspiration is the muse of all great works."

"Relationships are strengthened by honesty and trust."

"Solitude provides the space for reflection and growth."

"The slave has but one master; the ambitious man has as many masters as there are people useful to his fortune."

"Sensibility is the measure of goodness."

"Man is not born wicked; he becomes so."

"Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls."

"The great art of knowing is knowing what to overlook."

"Education fashions our nature like a sculptor molding marble."

"We are not born with courage; we must cultivate it through our choices."

"The truly free man is he who desires only what he can obtain."

"All human knowledge begins with wonder at the world."

"Cruelty springs from a deficiency of imagination."

"The diversity of opinion is no evil, but rather the source of improvement."

"What the wise do at the beginning, fools do at the end."

"Self-interest, when rightly understood, leads to the public good."

"A man of learning is he who has conquered his own ignorance."

"The only true liberty is the liberty of the mind."

"To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the disease of ignorance."

"Every action has its origin in thought; all thought begins with sensation."