The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Let there be spaces in your togetherness.
Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
A friend to all is a friend to none
The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.
If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.
He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
As our case is new, we must think and act anew.
Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
If you don't like someone's story, write your own.
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.
Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!
An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.
