Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.

Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.

We never see ourselves as others see us.