Hume, David

"Mankind is greater than the individual; the individual must serve the greater good."

"An adventure is worthwhile if we can learn from it."

"Dreams are the true interpreters of our desires."

"What is the foundation of morality? It must be derived from human sentiment."

"Health is a blessing that money cannot buy once it is lost."

"The greatest power lies not in force, but in the power of persuasion."

"Work gives us not only a livelihood but also a sense of purpose and dignity."

"Peace comes not from the absence of conflict, but from the wise management of it."

"Humor is the most intelligent response to the absurdities of life."

"The human heart is capable of both great kindness and terrible cruelty."

"Technology is merely a tool; wisdom in its use is what matters."

"A great life is not measured by length but by the quality of our relationships."

"The future is not something that happens to us, but something we create."

"Fear is the mind's natural response to uncertainty."

"Custom is the great guide of human life."

"We must renounce the theory that the mind is furnished with a priori principles."

"Nothing is more useful than for writers to distinguish between the seeming and the real."

"The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster."

"Ambition, avarice, self-love are passions inherent in human nature."

"A man may be very warm in his attachments without being capable of friendship."

"The richest genius, like the richest soil, when uncultivated shoots up the rankest weeds."

"Elegance of taste, however it might be perceived, is yet but a secondary consideration."

"Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new."

"Where ambition can find no vent in some particular direction, it attempts none at all."

"Every passion, when well expressed, is productive of contempt in the beholder."

"The only solid foundation of the sciences is a careful observation of human nature."

"Sloth and inability have often been the cause of inconstancy and wavering."

"All kinds of numismatics and calculations fall short of the satisfaction in mere contemplation."

"Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters: pleasure and pain."

"Whoever desires to throw light upon others must first kindle a flame in himself."