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

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

A man is literally what he thinks.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

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

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

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

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.