I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.
Don't criticize what you can't understand.
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.
The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.
Why fit in when you were born to stand out?
We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.