Democritus

"Laughter is medicine for the soul and balm for the wounded spirit."

"The person who waits for perfect conditions never begins anything."

"In nature's design is written the story of all that has been and shall be."

"Peace is not merely the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice."

"The greatest adventures often begin with a single fearless step."

"Time is the river in which all things eventually find their true course."

"The strength of a chain is measured by its weakest link; so too with society."

"A single true friend is worth more than a thousand false admirers."

"Knowledge pursued for its own sake is the highest form of achievement."

"The future belongs to those with the vision to imagine it and courage to build it."

"Power, when divorced from ethics, becomes tyranny."

"The joyful acceptance of mortality frees one to truly live."

"In the space between heartbeats exists infinite worlds waiting to be discovered."

"The man who wishes to be obeyed must first learn to obey."

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants and a contented mind."

"He who angers you conquers you."

"The greatest wealth is health."

"If you wish to improve, be content to appear foolish and stupid regarding externals."

"By convention sweet is sweet, by convention bitter is bitter, by convention hot, cold, by convention color; but in reality there are atoms and void."

"The person who finds fault with others is often the last to find fault with themselves."

"Cheerfulness is created by good cheer, not by riches."

"He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it."

"A kind word is a light in the darkness."

"Do not fear death, but rather the unlived life."

"The secret to change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new."

"Everything exists by convention; nothing by nature, except atoms and void."

"The infinite in quantity and the infinite in space are the same."

"Visible objects are composed of invisible things."

"Nothing can be created from nothing, nor can anything be reduced to nothingness."

"The diversity of bodies is the cause of the diversity of sensations."