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

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.

It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

The lie is a condition of life.

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

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

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

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more

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

A man is literally what he thinks.

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

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.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.