The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

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

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.