Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.
The cure for pain is in the pain.
It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.
The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.
What's done can't be undone.
In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.
What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.