Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

Be curious, not judgmental.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

The future is uncertain but the end is always near.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

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

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.