Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens
Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
Doubt is the origin of wisdom
Don't criticize what you can't understand.
Desire is the very essence of man.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.
The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.
It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Resist much. Obey little.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
