Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.