It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

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

The cure for pain is in the pain.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.