The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

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

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

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Wisdom begins at the end.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.